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Finance Bill

I was present for the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne); in fact, I am distraught that the intervention I made on the hon. Gentleman himself had so little impact that he has forgotten it already. What I wish to say to him now, however, is that there is a distinction to be drawn between a properly operating free market, which is what we were talking about earlier, and a failed market, which is the case with fuel prices in the highlands and islands. Does he agree with his colleague in the Scottish Parliament, Alex Johnstone, who in a debate a few weeks ago, said:""I assure members that we are not opposed in principle to the proposal in the motion"—" that is the same principle and the same sort of proposal as is before us today—""and will not oppose it."—[Scottish Parliament Official Report, 30 April 2009; c. 16931.]?"