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[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

David Gauke: I am grateful to the Minister for reiterating that point. Can she explain why the Commission came up with proposals in September that do not appear to respect the agreement made by ECOFIN earlier in the year?

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

David Gauke: It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr. Olner. May I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory) on securing the debate and on speaking so eloquently on this subject? The debate is well-timed for two reasons. First, we are clearly still living with the consequences of the turmoil of the past two years within the financial...

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (10 Nov 2009)

David Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing new mechanisms for settling tax liabilities; (2) what mechanisms HM Revenue and Customs has in place to assess the cost-effectiveness of different methods of debt collection; (3) what recent progress HM Revenue and Customs has made on its risk-profiling work in relation to tax debt.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (10 Nov 2009)

David Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the performance of private debt collection agencies in collecting tax debt.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (10 Nov 2009)

David Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the level of compatibility of corporation tax regimes in the Crown Dependencies with the EU code of conduct on taxation.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New Clause 24 — Powers of National Assembly for Wales: Auditor General for Wales (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: The Minister says that the delay was due to a technical difficulty. Will he reassure the Committee that it was not due to Wales being forgotten? We know that the Government's relationship with the Principality is not what it was—Labour is no longer the most popular political party in Wales—and I fear that this is an example of Welsh neglect.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New Clause 24 — Powers of National Assembly for Wales: Auditor General for Wales (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: I shall make a less partisan point. Does this measure have any budgetary implications and, if so, where are the resources coming from?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 40 — Remuneration package of the Comptroller and Auditor General (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: I am grateful to the Minister for providing the information about the current CAG. Given that he was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, I suspect that he has taken a substantial pay cut to perform this role. Nothing I say is meant to suggest that Mr. Morse has acted improperly. However, given that we are legislating on the set-up for the CAG, it would be helpful to specify on a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 40 — Remuneration package of the Comptroller and Auditor General (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: I beg to move amendment 57, in clause 40, page 20, line 20, at end insert— '(10) All remuneration, allowances and expenses in relation to P must be published monthly online.'. In relation to the clause and the amendment, P refers to the Comptroller and Auditor General. As we have heard, the reform of the governance of the CAG has largely been driven, or provoked, by the difficulties...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 40 — Remuneration package of the Comptroller and Auditor General (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: The Father of the House makes a good point—the CAG is further ahead. On the whole, we believe there should be greater transparency in public spending, and the CAG could be yet further ahead. I accept that he submits expenses to the Father of the House in his role as Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, but by putting them in the public domain we would prevent any repetition of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 38 — Status of the Comptroller and Auditor General etc (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: Clause 38 deals with the status of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Subsection (8) highlights and signposts the provisions in clause 43 and schedule 6, and in clause 44 and schedule 7. It may be helpful to the Committee and reduce the time that we need to debate subsequent points if we address some concerns that have been expressed about the new governance structure. Those concerns have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 38 — Status of the Comptroller and Auditor General etc (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Gauke: Indeed. The Father of the House states the essence of that case. The alternative case, as advocated by Professor Heald, is that there is still a body that has influence with respect to the provision of resources in establishing the strategy for the NAO, and that that body could be used to influence. The Father of the House rightly makes the argument against that and I suspect that the...