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Finance (No. 2) Bill

That is probably as close as I shall get to receiving an apology but, when the hon. Gentleman reads Hansard, he will see exactly what he said. I shall begin with some of the other points that the hon. Gentleman raised. He asked why no consultation had taken place and said that there was nothing wrong with the sort of trust that we are considering. I shall revert in a moment to the general point about trusts that the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Mr. Davies) made. Let me refer to a couple of quotes. On 12 April, the Daily Mail, that well-known Labour paper, reported:"““A trust allows you to pass money to your heirs while protecting it from tax and keeping control over how the money is used . . . Why set up one? First and foremost, to ensure your heirs receive the maximum amount of money free from inheritance tax.””" If that is not sufficient, let us consider The Sunday Telegraph of 16 April.