Oral Answers to Questions

Khalid Mahmood Excerpts

Wednesday 4th March 2015 Commons Chamber

The Prime Minister was asked—

[Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr) (Lab)]

Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 March.

[The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron)]

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

[Mr Mahmood]

The Chancellor was asked six times this morning whether he had had conversations with Lord Green about tax avoidance. He refused to answer. Will the Prime Minister now clarify whether he or the Chancellor had conversations with Lord Green when he was a trade Minister about tax avoidance at HSBC?

[The Prime Minister]

We dealt with all this a fortnight ago. All the proper checks were made. This is the same Lord Green, the same Stephen Green, that Labour gave a job to just before the election. That is the truth and they cannot get away from it.