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Finance (No. 2) Bill

Of course I will come to that. Our proposals deal with sparsely populated rural areas as defined by the Countryside Agency—although they apply only to England and Wales. However, I hope that we shall be able to consider those criteria in relation to Scotland or, if necessary, table an amendment that would allow such a decision to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. My constituency is in the county of Cornwall. Cornwall’s gross domestic product is less than 70 per cent. of the European average. Many people there live in isolated areas with very little access to public transport, and are therefore reliant on their cars. Many households in rural areas are isolated and deprived, dependent on a car and more likely to own an older car. I am not simply talking about farmers who rely on their 4x4 vehicles, but about people who are totally dependent on a car to get around.