Mr. Speaker, I have explained that it is an omnibus bill and that this clause was handled by the secretary of state.
Under the present system, the finance bill has to be tabled under the name of the Minister of Finance. It was clearly established that if there was to be any tax change affecting this industry, the Minister of Finance was not to be briefed by his officials and that the problem was to be handled by the secretary of state for finance. It was the prudent thing to do, to agree with the ethics counsellor.
It is clear that the Minister of Finance followed all the rules.