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AMENDMENT OF THE LAW

The hon. Gentleman can make his speech if he catches your eye, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My constituents were looking for real assistance, and I believe that they got it—not gimmicks or unworkable policies such as VAT on air travel that would punish hard-working people who take their holidays as they well might and should not necessarily be interfered with. I come to the final piece of the jigsaw in my little tour d’horizon of journalism. Tim Hames—he is not a financial journalist but a well-respected commentator in The Times—had a piece last week in which he suggested, in the context of the idea of reconnecting, that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor should cut income tax by 1p. I thought, ““Yes, I can see why that would reconnect.”” As the House now knows, my right hon. Friend was better than that and cut income tax by 2p. That will be very welcome in my constituency.