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Finance Bill

That amounts to another one of those situations that Labour Members are keen to use: they create a problem and expect someone else to fix it. I am asking the Exchequer Secretary and other Ministers on the Treasury Bench what I should say to my constituent. How do I explain to her that this Government have introduced a new tax regime that will benefit me and everyone in this Chamber, but will make her and her husband worse off? That is the key point. I say to Ministers on the Treasury Bench and indeed to Labour Back Benchers that I hope that a sensible amendment will be brought forward around which everyone can coalesce next week. I say that because, although there may be an investigation by the Select Committee, which I would welcome, and although the Government may introduce measures in future Budgets and pre-Budget reports, which may do the job, my constituent cannot wait. She is worried now. She is worse off now. She and I want an answer now.