Contributions
1,402 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady may know, the way the loan charge works is that those who have been involved in this form of tax avoidance have until April to settle their affairs, in which case…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are truly the party for working people, as my hon. Friend states, unlike the Labour party. We are the party that raised the personal allowance to £12,500 one year ahead of our…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI thank the hon. Lady for her response. I will pick up on some of the points that she has raised. The hon. Lady asked why this statement is being delivered today. I think that she…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI thank my hon. Friend for his question. As he will be aware, we have announced that we will retain the Southend office until the end of 2022, but I am happy to meet him to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe hon. Lady raised a number of questions, one of which was about the issue of staff.29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationIf the hon. Gentleman gives me a moment, I will do precisely that, as I always do. The answers to the hon. Lady’s questions relating to staff and the way in which we will be…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationAll requests for face-to-face meetings are of course treated on their merits, and they are certainly not discarded out of hand. I reiterate my point that, since 2014, tax offices…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationAs a former tax inspector, my hon. Friend is probably about as popular as I am as a tax Minister, which is never the most popular job in the world. The answer to his question—in a…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThere has been a series of discussions right across Whitehall, led by the Cabinet Office, in the area in which the hon. Lady has framed her question. The hon. Lady levelled the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationClearly, I am not in a position to comment on very specific remarks about armchairs, but if the hon. Lady would like to raise the matter with me outside of this statement, I would…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe simple fact is that the Government are adopting an efficient approach to the use of our resources, including across HMRC. We do that for a distinct purpose: it allows us to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationWhen I first became Financial Secretary, one of the early decisions I took was to limit the roll-out of Making Tax Digital to just VAT and those businesses over the VAT threshold.…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationWhat is wrong is the suggestion that we are not good at collecting tax. We are world class at collecting tax. We have a tax gap of just 5.7%. If we had the same tax gap that we…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationHMRC has stuck to very clear, very fair and balanced guidelines on how to make the assessments—the eight location principles we have been discussing this afternoon—and I have…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDouble Taxation Convention (United Kingdom and Israel)A protocol to the double taxation convention with Israel was signed on 17 January 2019. The text of the protocol is available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the gov.uk…23 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Guernsey) (Eu exit) Order 2018
Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Isle of Man) (Eu exit) Order 2018
Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Jersey) (Eu exit) Order 2018May I say what a pleasure it is, Mr Stringer, to serve under your chairmanship and to speak to all three orders? Today marks an important step in meeting the Government’s…21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Guernsey) (Eu exit) Order 2018
Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Isle of Man) (Eu exit) Order 2018
Draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Jersey) (Eu exit) Order 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Guernsey) (EU Exit) Order 2018.21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018The hon. Gentleman might not be aware that we have double taxation agreements with a whole variety of countries. In fact, he has missed some of the best debates ever held in the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018. May I say what a pleasure it is to serve…21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018Well, I am not sure that I would use quite the terminology that the hon. Gentleman has just introduced to the Committee. The purpose of any DTA is clearly to ensure that those…21 Jan 2019