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Finance (No. 2) Bill

I am disappointed in the hon. Lady. I did not accept the intervention of the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), who gave his question to the hon. Lady to put to me. The question she poses, however, is a question for the clause stand part debate, not our debate on vehicle excise duty amendments. I do not accept that the Liberal Democrat amendments are desirable or workable. I do not accept that a principled case has been made for them. I believe that they would prove administratively complex and open to abuse. If pressed to the vote, I urge my hon. Friends to reject them.