Office of Tax Simplification Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Office of Tax Simplification

Harriett Baldwin Excerpts
Tuesday 20th July 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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The appointees will not be paid. If they incur proper expenses, they will be reimbursed, as is only reasonable—[Interruption.] I would have thought all Members of the House would appreciate that. Ultimately, the appointments will be in accordance with the relevant provisions, but we believed it important to set the OTS up quickly. We have done that, and with two excellent individuals.

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
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If those two excellent individuals are to work for an initial period of 12 months, will that be enough time for them to read the 11,000 pages of tax code applied by the previous Government?