Finance Bill

Does the shadow Chief Secretary recall that, on the day of the Budget, the Government also published their paper, "Tax policy making: a new approach", which said at paragraph 3.10:""There is a common consensus that Parliament should have a stronger and more effective role in scrutinising tax legislation."" At paragraph 3.13, it said that the Government""will introduce a tailored Tax Impact Assessment, in place of the current regulatory Impact Assessment used elsewhere in government."" At paragraph 3.17, it said:""the Government will consider greater use of sunset clauses or a trigger for an evaluation in legislation."" On that basis, should the Government not accept a number of amendments that the right hon. Gentleman is speaking to? I will certainly support amendment 13, although he may want to keep his counsel on that. For consistency's sake, should the Government not accept some of these amendments if the policy statement that they issued on the day of the Budget is to mean anything?