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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2016
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2016
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"I am waiting to hear what the hon. Lady will say about pensions, but does she not agree that setting up a young people’s ISA so that they can put in £4,000 every year if they are under 40 years of age, with the Government putting in £1,000, will put …..."
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Written Question
Self-employed: Tax Avoidance
Tuesday 8th March 2016

Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many personal service companies are in operation in the UK.

Answered by David Gauke

The information requested is obtainable from a discussion document on IR35 published by HM Revenue and Customs on 17 July which is available at the following link :

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/446242/Intermediaries_legislation_IR35-discussion_document.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 26 Feb 2016
Overseas Voters Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. I am intrigued by his proposition on internet voting. As a fellow member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in the previous Parliament, I can bear testament to his prowess and knowledge. He rightly mentioned utilising the armed forces in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 26 Feb 2016
Overseas Voters Bill

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his first occasion at the Dispatch Box for the Opposition. Is the Opposition’s standpoint that they would like to see internet voting come online in the mainstream, not only in the UK but abroad?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Small Businesses: Tax Reporting

"From what I can gather, the whole point of having a trial period from 2018 is to iron out that anomaly in the system. Would the hon. Gentleman not agree that it is welcome that we are using small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed people as a test bed, rather …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Small Businesses: Tax Reporting

"May I declare an interest and refer hon. Members to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? I am the Government’s self-employment ambassador and as such it is my task to engage with people in the self-employment sector to find out exactly what concerns them and exactly what …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Small Businesses: Tax Reporting

"One thing that concerns me from what the hon. Gentleman is saying is that, if quarters are compared to relative years and HMRC thinks that something is amiss, it could enforce an investigation. Would the powers of investigation for HMRC be doubled overnight because it would have more of a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Small Businesses: Tax Reporting

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the best way to sort out such hardware and software costs will probably be to look at examples elsewhere? The Estonian Government, for instance, do not use paper at all; everything is done online. We have imported the car tax system from Estonia, and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Small Businesses: Tax Reporting

"I would like the hon. Gentleman to try to look at the matter this way: self-employment is the largest growing sector in the country, and that has to be taken into account when considering how taxation should be simplified. As my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Andrew Bingham) …..."
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