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Finance Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is being very generous. He has been talking a lot about Liberal Democrat policy and what might happen at a general election in two years' time, but my constituents are struggling now. The reason for the concern on the Labour Benches and elsewhere was that all our constituents are struggling now. No one is going to reinstate the 10p band at a cost of £7 billion; we are looking for mitigating procedures that cost about £700 million. Will the hon. Gentleman support the Conservative amendment, which seeks a guarantee that the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) got the guarantee that he thought he got, and that as much as possible is done as quickly as possible for the people who are struggling today?