(7 years, 7 months ago)
Commons ChamberOrder. I remind colleagues that topical questions need to be extremely brief if I am to be able to maximise the number of contributors.
(8 years, 9 months ago)
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Order. I note in passing that over the past few minutes further Members have started bobbing. There is no problem with that, but if it delays the Minister he will know why.
When the Minister makes large businesses publish their tax strategy, will he also make them publish their tax returns so that we can all see how much tax they are declaring and how they got from their cash profit to that tax bill? That would improve transparency and confidence in the system.