Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:47 pm on 7 July 2025.
Baroness Kramer
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Treasury and Economy)
2:47,
7 July 2025
My Lords, this is Whistleblowing Awareness Week. The Minister will know that HMRC, in its attempts to claw back large amounts of tax fraud, has announced a new scheme of rewards and incentives to bring whistleblowers into discussion with HMRC and to pursue fraudsters. However, there has been very little information about the structure around this, the mechanisms in place and the portals. Can he update us on what is meant to be the central pillar of the new attack on fraud?
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