Tax Paid By Railway Companies

EDM number 1089 in 2007-08, proposed by John McDonnell on 03/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Railways and Taxation.

That this House notes the report by the Tax Justice Network for the RMT union that the privatised rail industry is profiteering from £1.3 billion in unpaid tax and is using a deferred-tax loophole intended to encourage investment to instead fund increases in dividend payouts to shareholders; is appalled that whilst private rail companies are profiting from this tax loophole passengers are being asked to pay higher rail fares and endure delays and overcrowding on many rail services; therefore urges the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use the forthcoming Budget to announce that this tax loophole will be closed; and believes that this further example of shameless profiteering at passengers' expense once again demonstrates the need for a publicly owned and publicly accountable railway.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	03/03/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Austin Mitchell	03/03/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Seconded
Mike Wood	03/03/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	03/03/2008	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Linda Riordan	03/03/2008	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	03/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	03/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/03/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	04/03/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/03/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/03/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	05/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	05/03/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	05/03/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	05/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/03/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/03/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	05/03/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	05/03/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	06/03/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/03/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/03/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/03/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/03/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/03/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	13/03/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	13/03/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Sian James	17/06/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed

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