Written Question
Thursday 19th March 2015
Asked by:
Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on buy-to-let house purchases in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested is not available.
Written Question
Tuesday 10th March 2015
Asked by:
Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent British financial institutions facilitating the sale of (a) oil and (b) historic artefacts by ISIL.
Answered by David Gauke
ISIL is designated under the UN Al Qaida sanctions regime (given effect by UN Security Council Resolution 1267) which is implemented in the EU by Council Regulation 881/2002, with the criminal penalties imposed in the UK by the Al Qaida (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011. The Al Qaida financial sanctions is implemented in the UK by HM Treasury.
It is therefore a criminal offence for any legal or natural person, including financial institutions, to deal with funds belonging to ISIL or to make funds or economic resources available to ISIL. It is a criminal offence for individuals or organisations knowingly to provide support for ISIL, including by the facilitation of oil, oil products, or commodities including historic artefacts. This was most recently underlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2199, which the UK Government co-sponsored.
Written Question
Monday 9th March 2015
Asked by:
Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 224902, tabled by the hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras on 23 February 2015 for Named day answer on 26 February 2015.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
I have done so.
Written Question
Thursday 5th March 2015
Asked by:
Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require RBS and Lloyds to disclose the activities of their subsidiary companies located in tax havens.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
As part of CRDIV, banks will be required from December 2015 to disclose much more information regarding the activities of their subsidiaries than they have previously done.
In each country in which they operate, they will have to report their profit/loss before tax and how much corporation tax they have paid. This makes great strides in increasing transparency and accountability to investors and the general public.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance (HSBC)
"Does the Chancellor agree that obtaining financial advantage by deception is a criminal offence even when carried out by bankers? Does he recognise that HSBC has 556 subsidiary companies in tax havens? We know what has happened with one of them, but when will there be an inquiry into the …..."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance
"HSBC had a lot of customers in Switzerland with secret bank accounts, and it helped them and conspired with them to break British law. Even if HMRC does not want to do anything about it, it seems to me that this was obtaining financial advantage by deception, which is a …..."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance
"No I will not, because other Members want to speak.
Between them, the big four banks have 1,649 subsidiaries located in tax havens. So far, we know about the wrongdoing of only one of them. When will the Government start to find out what the other 1,648 have been up …..."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance
"The hon. Gentleman should complete the quotation. I am not usually regarded as the greatest defender of Lord Mandelson, but the part-sentence he has just quoted was followed by the words “providing they pay their fair share of tax”...."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance
"Does my hon. Friend agree that it is absolutely essential that if people have swindled their tax, confessed and avoided going to court, their names are disclosed, even if they are great big corporations or wealthy individuals, in the same way as a small business in Swindon would have its …..."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance
"Will the Exchequer Secretary give way?..."Frank Dobson - View Speech
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