David Norris (Independent)

I support them strongly for the reasons I have set out. An attempt was made to conceal this measure by sticking it into the final, non-procedural section of the Bill.

I want to address the question of the pensions levy. It is astonishing to me that the Government did not seem to know what it was doing. Two Ministers gave two totally different answers to the question of whether the levy will be gross or net of income. One said it will be gross, whereas the other said it will be net. There is a difference between the two.