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People in Cornwall expect the wealthiest to pay their fair share of tax, so I welcome the Government’s planned offshore tax evasion strategy, which is much needed to track down funds that have been squirreled away and undertaxed. Will it cover British overseas territories as well as Crown dependencies, and what is the Minister’s assessment of the potential revenue?

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Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
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Treasury
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
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Answered
Date
11 December 2012
Reference
555 c142
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to discourage tax avoidance by wealthy people.
Asked by
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
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Answered
Date
11 December 2012
Reference
132503; 555 cc142-3
House
House of Commons

The hon. Lady makes an accurate point. Pasty producers tell me that they are already feeling the squeeze. They are feeling the same pressures as us all through fuel costs and so on. They simply do not feel that they can reduce the net price and therefore absorb that extra...

Member
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
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Proceeding contributions
Date
18 April 2012
Reference
543 c427-8
House
House of Commons

I shall speak to new clause 5, in my name and the names of all Cornish MPs. We have a Cornish coalition moving forward to try to protect the Cornish pasty. The proposals from the Government are, I fear, unfair and unworkable and will be bad for the economy of...

Member
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
18 April 2012
Reference
543 c427
House
House of Commons

I understand the point that my hon. Friend is trying to make, but there is a big difference between eating cold fish and chips, which would not be very pleasant, and eating a cold pasty, which, when it is a good pasty, can be enjoyable. My hon. Friend will also...

Member
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
18 April 2012
Reference
543 c428
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend makes an entirely relevant point. Some 2,000 people in Cornwall are employed directly in the production of the 84 million pasties a year and that 2,000 does not count the many scores of others who work in bakeries on the high streets of many towns across Cornwall....

Member
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
18 April 2012
Reference
543 c427
House
House of Commons