Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Adult Learning and Vocational Skills: Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered adult learning and vocational skills training in the metropolitan borough of Dudley.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on assuming her new position at the Department for Education. I …..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Adult Learning and Vocational Skills: Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
"I must thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin) for his extremely kind remarks about my work. They are fully reciprocated; I have seen at first hand what an incredible champion he is for his constituents and the wider borough of Dudley. I echo his praise …..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance (HSBC)
"The last Government presided over an unsustainable boom in the financial services sector and, at that time, aggressive tax avoidance flourished. What steps has my hon. Friend taken to close the tax loopholes that were left wide open by the last Government?..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Jan 2015
Charter for Budget Responsibility
"Does my hon. Friend recall that the previous Government also presided over a record increase in public spending, which was 50% higher in 2010 than it was 10 years earlier?..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2014
Autumn Statement
"I was glad to hear my right hon. Friend confirm that there has been no new recession in the years since 2010. It would have been a strange recession that resulted in unemployment falling by 45% and average weekly pay being up by 12.5% in my constituency and in 4,000 …..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. Last week, the Queen opened a new Jaguar Land Rover plant in Wolverhampton, which is creating 1,400 new jobs. The enterprise zone and the black country city deal are set to create nearly 10,000 more new jobs. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we could go even further …..."Margot James - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 14th October 2014
Asked by:
Margot James (Conservative - Stourbridge)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the tax gap was in each of the last nine years; and what estimate he has made of the tax gap that was due to tax evasion in each of the last nine years.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) publish estimates of the tax gap in Measuring Tax Gaps each year. The 2013 edition presents a time series of tax gaps from 2005-06 to 2011-12, which can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249537/131010_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_ACCESS_2013.pdf
HMRC has also produced an illustrative breakdown of the tax gap by behaviour, including evasion, for the years 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. These are not comparable year on year because the data available doesn’t enable estimates to be updated for earlier years. Table 1 below shows the estimates of evasion published in previous HMRC publications for these years.
Table 1: Estimates of evasion previously published
Publication | Year of estimate | Amount (£bn) | Percentage of tax gap in year of estimate |
Measuring Tax Gaps 2013 | 2011-12 | 5.1 | 15% |
Measuring Tax Gaps 2012 | 2010-11 | 4 | 14% |
Measuring Tax Gaps 2011 | 2009-10 | 4 | 12% |
Protecting Tax Revenues 2009 | 2007-08 | 7 | 17.5% |
Previous editions of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps’ can be accessed at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps
The HMRC publication ‘Protecting Tax Revenues 2009’, can be accessed at the following link: (http://irscot.inrev.gov.uk/budget10/pbr/00notices/docs/5450_other.pdf)
The 2014 edition of Measuring Tax Gaps, covering estimates for 2012-13, will be published on 16 October.
Written Question
Tuesday 14th October 2014
Asked by:
Margot James (Conservative - Stourbridge)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on dealing with tax evasion in each of the last nine years.
Answered by David Gauke
Since 2010, the Government has been determined to support HMRC in tackling tax evasion, and has invested nearly £1 billion in HMRC’s compliance activities.
It is not possible to say how much HMRC have spent on tackling tax evasion in each of the last nine years as HMRC works on a risk basis tackling behaviours. Work on tax evasion is not confined to one directorate within HMRC. Therefore the information is not held in the format requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2014
Currency in Scotland after 2014
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is making a very passionate speech. In addition to the points that he is making, there are the lessons from the European currency union and the debate within that union about the central bank having pre-budget approval of all the budgets …..."Margot James - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"7. What recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses...."Margot James - View Speech
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