The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke)
Let me briefly respond to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cathy Jamieson). As hon. Members know, we have already scrutinised the Budget and the Finance Bill for eight weeks, including in Committee of the Whole House and in the Public Bill Committee, where our discussions were thorough and detailed. Indeed, the hon. Lady played a very large role in those discussions. Before that, in December 2011, the Government published over 400 pages of draft legislation and received about 450 comments on it. That demonstrates our commitment to improving the way in which policy is developed. In order to make progress with Government business in good time, we have agreed through the usual channels to programme this debate on Report. I commend the motion to the House.
Question put and agreed to.