Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Liz McInnes Excerpts
Thursday 10th December 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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Several Departments have made commitments to update the House on a variety of matters before the Christmas recess. I simply give an assurance that every Department is working hard to ensure that it fulfils such commitments.

Liz McInnes Portrait Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
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I reiterate the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens). Sports Direct has 450 stores nationwide and should be an exemplar as an employer. May we have an urgent debate on how the closure of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs offices will help us to enforce the national minimum wage?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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The changes in the HMRC structure are simply because, as more and more of its work is done online and more and more of us deal with our tax affairs electronically, maintaining a network of 170 offices does not make sense. We have decided to rationalise the structure to one with more specialist centres, which will enhance, rather than detract from, what HMRC does.