If this timetable is respected, Sudan's economy should benefit from billions of dollars coming from oil transit fees, and from a compensatory payment for allowing the South to secede, he says.

BBC: Sudan rivals 'to resume pumping oil'

Mr Speaker, I said that I would look at the administrative practicalities of other options that some Right Honourable and Honourable Members have suggested, including a one-off rebate or compensatory payment as well as changes to the tax credit system to allow the average losses to be offset.

BBC: Full statement: Tax changes