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Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Evasion (20 May 2013)

David Gauke: The Government has been robust in its response to tax evasion taking action to prevent detect and tackle such behaviour. We have underlined our commitment to tackling non-compliance in those areas by investing over £900 million in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over the Spending Review 2010 period. That will allow HMRC to better tackle evasion, criminal attacks, unpaid tax debt and...

Economy: Growth — Motion to Take Note (16 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord Newby: ...move SMEs into exports and to focus our activities on the high-growth market. I hope noble Lords will feel that we are making a real impact in that crucial area. My noble colleague Lady Kramer discussed the challenge of corporates paying the right amount of tax, an area on which we the Government have put a lot of additional emphasis. At the G8 meeting, we made clear that international tax...

Business of the House (16 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

William Bain: Before the G8 summit, may we have a debate on aggressive tax avoidance by multinational companies? Does the Leader of the House share the public’s outrage at this morning’s news that on UK sales last year of £4.2 billion Amazon paid tax of just £3.2 million—almost as much as the company received from Government grants?

Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (16 May 2013)

Public Accounts: Tax Avoidance. 9:45 am; The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses: Matt Brittin, Vice President for Sale and Operations, Northern and Central Europe, Google and John Dixon, Head of Tax, Ernst and Young; Lin Homer, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HM Revenue and Customs and Jim Harra, Director General Business Tax, HM Revenue and Customs

Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Avebury: ...the attention of the Commonwealth. As the Commons International Development Committee says, it exhibits unstable politics, a large defence budget, historic levels of significant corruption, tax avoidance, low levels of expenditure on education and health programmes, and its status is that of a middle-income country. Pakistan is the largest recipient of UK aid, but our aims of promoting...

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 9 other results from this debate

Danny Alexander: ...changed there will automatically be a referendum. That should be sufficient for anyone. In the Queen’s Speech, the Government have also sought an international environment in which we tackle tax avoidance—a point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar. We have already taken significant strides in this country, but we are working together to support the development of an...

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Lord Best: ...to reduce rents to help them, have been accompanied by the levy on housing association and council tenants deemed to have a spare room. I have been much criticised for naming this the bedroom tax, but I suspect that Ministers now regret introducing this controversial measure. This levy penalises those in work as well as those who must find the money from their other benefits by cutting...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Vehicle Fuel Duty (14 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Mitchel McLaughlin: ..., the jobs that remain are at a significant risk.  We must address the competitive disadvantage, and it is understandable that people adopt partisan positions on that issue.  For me, however, all those costs taken together amount to a significant issue that is avoidable with a bit of thinking outside the box and not making ourselves hostage to legacy arguments.  That was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Corporate Tax Evasion (14 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

David Gauke: Tax evasion and tax avoidance undermine public revenues and the public’s confidence in the fairness and effectiveness of our tax system. The UK is pursuing action on both fronts through the presidency of the G8. We are promoting the development of new global standards on automatic information exchange and increased transparency of company ownership in order to better tackle tax evasion....

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (14 May 2013)

David Gauke: The hon. Lady is right to raise this issue, which we touched on earlier. One of our priorities for the G8 presidency is to bring forward measures on tax evasion and tax avoidance. It is worth pointing out what the Prime Minister said in an article in The Wall Street Journal yesterday; he wants to encourage “better global reporting to tax authorities in both the developed and developing...

Written Answers — Treasury: UK Companies: Third World Markets (14 May 2013)

Sajid Javid: ...developing countries to access sustainable sources of revenue, including through increasing transparency in the extractives sector to address corruption. One of the Governments key priorities on tax and development is to ensure that developing countries can benefit from international advances on tax transparency and exchange of information as these are important tools in identifying and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs Council (14 May 2013)

David Lidington: ...the deal as soon as possible, and that the ceilings from the February European Council agreement must be respected. 22 May European Council preparation The 22 May European Council will focus on tax evasion and avoidance and energy. There will be an update on the latest developments on economic and monetary union (EMU), and there may also be discussion on foreign policy priorities. We...

Cleveland Fire Authority (13 May 2013)

Tom Blenkinsop: At the meeting mentioned by the hon. Member for Stockton South (James Wharton), the main thrust of the chief fire officer’s argument for seeking a mutual model was to avoid corporation tax. If that is the sole purpose of pursuing the mutual model, one has to assume that the mutual is making a profit, but I want to go into that in more detail. Spending £198,000 from the Department...

Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013) See 7 other results from this debate

Lord Flight: ...story from the underlying reality. I repeat that it is a question of what is politically practical at this stage of the cycle but, in principle at least, I would like to see radical supply side measures. Taxes are still too high, the state is too large, the incentives to work, invest and save are too low, regulations are too burdensome and increasing and the lack of planning reform is...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

James Duddridge: ...elected as chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee, which as a body deals with pieces of legislative reform that the Government think can be fast-tracked for regulation or deregulation in order to avoid burdensome regulation. That is very much a piecemeal process—we looked, for example, at veterinary legislation—but it would be much better to have a big thematic review of...

Home Affairs (9 May 2013)

Yasmin Qureshi: ...came to power in 1997, the GDP ratio to the national debt was 42%. By early 2008, it was down to 35%, just before the global recession started. The Government then had to act to save the banks and avoid a worsening financial crisis. As a result, they had to borrow additional money, and the national debt went up, but figures show that by 2010, the GDP ratio to the national debt began to...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013) See 5 other results from this debate

Simon Hughes: There are all sorts of reasons. The hon. Gentleman must know that the last quarter has just been on the right side of zero. Growth has been small but positive. We avoided the triple-dip recession that people were saying was likely, given the terrible winter and the dreadful weather we had. The answer is that there has been a combination of failure. The banks failed the economy at the end of...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 5 - Small profits rate and fractions for financial year 2013 (25 April 2013)

David Gauke: It is a great pleasure to welcome you back to a livelier final afternoon of this Session than we might have anticipated, Mr Amess. Clause 5 confirms that the small profits rate of corporation tax for the year beginning 1 April 2013 remains at 20%. It also sets the standard fraction for calculating marginal relief at three four-hundredths. This reflects the 1% reduction in the main  rate,...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 4 - Charge and main rate for financial year 2014 (25 April 2013)

Amendment proposed (this day): 1, in clause 4, page 2, line 19, at end add— ‘(4) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall instruct the Office for Tax Simplification to publish by 31 March 2014 a report setting out proposals for a new, simplified Corporation Tax code, specifically addressing the potential for a simpler tax code to reduce tax avoidance, and the Chancellor shall place a...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 4 - Charge and main rate for financial year 2014 (25 April 2013) See 5 other results from this clause

David Gauke: ...are taking firm action to restore our competitiveness. As the Chancellor pointed out in his Budget speech, we have gone further than any previous Parliament in reducing the burden of corporation tax. Taken as a whole, given the current economic circumstances, that demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that we get growth and jobs in the economy and that we restore competitiveness. The...