Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Hepburn Excerpts
Wednesday 27th January 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Hepburn Portrait Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab)
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T10. Does the Minister agree that the Cabinet Office could be far more effective in running the Government if it did not have in another Department a Chancellor who goes out and agrees pig-in-a-poke deals with Google, which everybody knows does not pay its fair share of tax, at a time when millions are filling in their tax returns?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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The tax to which the hon. Gentleman refers was of course due from activities under a Labour Government. It was never paid under a Labour Government, but it has been delivered under this Conservative Government.