Tax Avoidance (HSBC)

Part of Isil – in the House of Commons at 3:35 pm on 23 February 2015.

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Photo of George Osborne George Osborne The Chancellor of the Exchequer 3:35, 23 February 2015

I am not going to discuss an individual’s tax affairs, but I would say this: the hypocrisy of the Labour party on this issue is simply breathtaking. Labour Members complain about Conservative party donors and then we hear all these revelations about Labour party donors; they complain about individual accountancy firms and then it turns out that Labour collects hundreds of thousands of pounds of donations from those accountancy firms; and they complain about the alleged tax evasion at HSBC Swiss and every single one of those offences happened when Labour was in government. It is time Labour Members got up and apologised.