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Finance Bill

Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the difficulties for the Government even of the converged thresholds initiative, which we entirely agreed with, was that it was not going to be revenue neutral at that stage? Perhaps he will explore the subject with the Minister to try to ensure that so far as hard-pressed middle-earning taxpayers will pay for the result of that convergence, they will at least have some of the disadvantage brought back because the confusion to which he has alluded will be sorted out.