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Tesco And Tax

EDM number 1095 in 2007-08, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 03/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Service industries and Taxation.

That this House urges the Government to investigate the reported use of tax havens by Tesco plc to avoid up to £1 billion of United Kingdom taxes on its property transactions; suggests that such tax avoidance schemes should be closed down by HM Revenue and Customs along with schemes for the avoidance of stamp duty and VAT avoidance on the sale of CDs and DVDs; and recommends that the principle on which tax is based should be that money made in the UK is taxed in the UK because the net effect of such schemes and accountancy fiddles is to erode the tax base and reduce Government revenues for spending on healthcare, education etc., thus forcing Tesco's customers to bear a heavier tax burden because Tesco is not carrying its share, leaving them with less money to spend at Tesco.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell03/03/2008Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Lynne Jones03/03/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Bob Russell03/03/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew04/03/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins04/03/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore04/03/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Clive Efford04/03/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Jim Devine04/03/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Andrew George04/03/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/03/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Holmes04/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Taylor05/03/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
John Leech05/03/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark05/03/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Michael Weir05/03/2008AngusScottish National PartySigned
Robert Wareing05/03/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Desmond Turner05/03/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Borrow05/03/2008South RibbleLabourSigned
Ian Gibson05/03/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan05/03/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn05/03/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton05/03/2008GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell05/03/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/03/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Ken Purchase05/03/2008Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner06/03/2008BolsoverLabourSigned
John Cummings06/03/2008EasingtonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil06/03/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Chris Mullin10/03/2008Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen10/03/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd10/03/2008Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington11/03/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson13/03/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Lynda Waltho18/03/2008StourbridgeLabourSigned
John Hemming20/03/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley25/03/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Nick Harvey27/03/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed02/04/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Vincent Cable21/04/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman28/04/2008Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
John SpellarUnknownWithdrawn

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