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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Fiona Mactaggart Excerpts
Tuesday 24th April 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Hoban Portrait Mr Hoban
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that support. He is absolutely right. I think that it is unfair that reliefs can be used without limit to reduce tax liabilities so that some taxpayers with very high incomes have very low tax rates, even below the basic rate.

Fiona Mactaggart Portrait Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab)
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19. Why has not the Exchequer Secretary given Members of Parliament, or even the House of Commons Library, copies of the figures he released to the press last week suggesting that 330 millionaires are paying less than 10% tax, which he connected directly to charitable giving? Will he make those figures available to Members through the Library?

Mark Hoban Portrait Mr Hoban
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Well, the hon. Lady makes an important point about the availability of that information. It was released into the public domain last week, and I will ensure that the appropriate figures are laid in the Library.