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Finance Bill

I was just coming to that point, so I shall make it now. New clause 20, to which I am speaking, sits on top of the Chancellor's existing arrangements. I did not want to interfere with the thrust of those arrangements, because 14 million or more of the 22 million people in question will have already factored into their personal budgets the fact that they will receive £120 during this tax year—£60 in September and £10 in each of the following six months. As the Chancellor said on 13 May, that was designed in part to compensate people for higher fuel bills and so on. My new clause 20 sits on top of those provisions, and I shall vote for new clauses 11 and 12 before turning to my proposal.