Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Jackson of Peterborough Excerpts
Tuesday 9th December 2014

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Danny Alexander Portrait Danny Alexander
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I will set the record straight. The record shows that under the previous Labour Government the Crown dependencies and these bodies did not make any progress on registers of beneficial ownership. Progress is being substantially made now because of the lead this Government showed at the G8. By the way, these same places have also now agreed to the automatic exchange of tax information, to make sure that for the first time—this is something the Government of the hon. Lady’s party never did—we can get tax from people who are trying to hide it in these jurisdictions.

Lord Jackson of Peterborough Portrait Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con)
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T2. My constituents in Peterborough who work at Thomas Cook and many families with young children will have been delighted by the announcement on children’s air passenger duty in last week’s autumn statement. Will the Exchequer Secretary give an undertaking that she will continue to monitor the impact of air passenger duty on tourism and the family budget and not rule out further cuts in the near future?

Priti Patel Portrait The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Priti Patel)
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I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The reductions in air passenger duty announced last week are to be welcomed not just by his constituents and by Thomas Cook but by hard-working families across the country. As with all other taxes, air passenger duty will be kept under review, taking into account our commitment to creating sustainable public finances alongside helping households and, of course, the tourism industry.