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National Insurance Contributions Bill

My advice is that they are all contrived schemes of the same convoluted nature as their predecessors. The hon. Gentleman spoke of complexity, and overcoming that has been a frustrating problem for hon. Members, especially those of us who serve on Finance Bill Committees, and for those who have to implement the legislation. To close down a complex and sophisticated scheme, we need a sophisticated and complex measure. Our measures make a clear and unambiguous statement: do not undertake contrived schemes. They will be closed down whenever they are identified. Closure could be backdated to the December 2004 statement.