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National Insurance Contributions Bill

As the Financial Secretary said, the Bill has two purposes, and it is part of a package introduced in March by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, now the Prime Minister. I accept that, in dealing with the Bill, we have to take the whole package into consideration. I also understand that there will be many proposals in next year's Finance Bill that we shall be able to support. In particular, we would support proposals for any system that simplifies the tax and national insurance systems.