Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Judith Cummins Excerpts
Tuesday 19th April 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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The Office for Budget Responsibility assesses and puts on the scorecard the estimated revenue that we will raise from tax avoidance, but it will be around an extra £1 billion a year just from the measures in the Budget. In last year’s Budget after the election, we had measures to raise £5 billion from clamping down on aggressive tax avoidance and evasion. The fight continues.

Judith Cummins Portrait Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)
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T8. Following reports in this morning’s Daily Mail that energy firms overcharged customers by £130 for their energy this winter, does the Chancellor agree that Treasury cuts to incentives for building new renewable energy sources were another one of his bad ideas?

Damian Hinds Portrait The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Damian Hinds)
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As we covered earlier, the tariff system in place to encourage renewable energy has to deliver a balanced portfolio of energy, and it does so. Of course, we encourage energy firms always to pass price cuts that they benefit from on to their customers.