I hope the Financial Secretary will not give way on this. One thing has struck me in listening to the discussion on this proposed new Clause, and that is that the speakers might have done better if they had collaborated. The Clause itself only demands that agents should have notice. Is it not a fact that at the present time they have got notice? The hon. Member who has just sat down spoke about the cry in the North a…

I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows me sufficiently well to believe that I would not wish to misrepresent him. But how are these agents to be discovered, and from whom are they to get notice?

Why should these gentlemen get notice in advance that they are to be responsible? They know it perfectly well at the present time.

Then I do not understand the reason for the Clause. If they do not understand that they are liable now, why do hon. Members come forward with this Clause to-day? I can well understand the difficulty the Exchequer is going to be in in trying to recover the tax if the agent is not to be held responsible for this money. We all know how slow the foreigner is in wishing to pay taxes in his own country, and if he thinks by…

The particulars of an agreement are only asked for providing the business is controlled. It may be that the present Minister is very active and may well know exactly what to do, but he may go to the House of Lords. He may have a very inactive successor. We may have a Tory Government in office. I am not very old, but there is nothing sure in political life. We know the Opposition do not want this information to be sup…