Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Future Government Spending
"I notice that there are no Scottish nats in the Chamber at present, which is not unusual. Will my hon. Friend touch on the effect of the price of North sea oil on the economy of today?..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 29th January 2015
Asked by:
Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to pursue a claim for costs against Rangers Football Club.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested was not held within the Department in the form requested. A number of parties were involved in litigation and it was not possible to extract costs relating to an individual party without incurring disproportionate costs.
Written Question
Thursday 29th January 2015
Asked by:
Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2014 to Question 205620, how his Department calculated the cost of providing the information requested.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested was not held within the Department in the form requested. A number of parties were involved in litigation and it was not possible to extract costs relating to an individual party without incurring disproportionate costs.
Written Question
Thursday 29th January 2015
Asked by:
Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs uses to assess the prudence of settling a tax case when costs of pursuing a case are compared to the settlement offer.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC’s) approach to taking-up, working and settling disputes is set out in its published Litigation and Settlement Strategy (LSS). Governance procedures for how HMRC settles big value disputes are set out in the published Code of Governance for resolving tax disputes.
Together the LSS and the Code of Governance assure taxpayers that tax rules are applied appropriately and even-handedly by HMRC.
Written Question
Thursday 29th January 2015
Asked by:
Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' accounting procedures relating to assessing the cost of pursuing big value claims.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC’s) approach to taking-up, working and settling disputes is set out in its published Litigation and Settlement Strategy (LSS). Governance procedures for how HMRC settles big value disputes are set out in the published Code of Governance for resolving tax disputes.
Together the LSS and the Code of Governance assure taxpayers that tax rules are applied appropriately and even-handedly by HMRC.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Jan 2015
Charter for Budget Responsibility
"Was it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman’s boss, the Prime Minister, said that he would balance the books by 2015?..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
"I have a constituent who is on a ship that serves the North sea. He is the only member of the crew who has had his national insurance contributions changed in the last round. He is an electrical engineer. The mechanical engineer, the captain and the bosun are still on …..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2014
The Economy and Living Standards
"On the question of jobs, we all applaud the number of jobs created in the country, but do we know how many have been created on zero-hours contracts?..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2014
The Economy and Living Standards
"Will the Chancellor answer a simple question about employment? How many people are on zero-hours contracts?..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2014
Currency in Scotland after 2014
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate on a matter that has got my constituents, and probably his, worried. Not so long ago, the nats wanted to join the euro; indeed, that was a slogan of theirs. It is very strange—it is a consequence of all that …..."Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
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