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Finance (No. 2) Bill

The hon. Gentleman may not be overly familiar with Finance Bill procedures, but if he were, he would know that only a Minister of the Crown is entitled to have selected for debate an amendment that would raise revenue. Last year, my party tabled an amendment in respect of self-invested personal pensions—SIPPs. It could not be debated, but it was nevertheless the only Opposition amendment to be accepted completely by the Government. Before the hon. Gentleman gets too disparaging, I suggest to him that we might achieve the same success with our proposal to raise the higher rate of VED to £2,000.