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General Anti-Avoidance Rule For Taxation

EDM number 2501 in 2010-12, proposed by Stephen Williams on 01/12/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Financial institutions and Taxation.

That this House notes the widespread public concern about the extent of tax avoidance and evasion by individuals and corporations; further notes that while evasion is illegal, taxes can be avoided by schemes that are contrived in their nature or by arrangements that are artificial and thus far removed from the responsible tax planning measures provided for by Parliament; believes that the ever-growing expansion of anti-avoidance measures has not eliminated the scope for exploitation of loopholes; further notes the publication of the report by Graham Aaronson QC outlining the case for the introduction of a general anti-avoidance rule in the UK; and urges HM Treasury to bring forward legislation within the next Finance Bill for the introduction of such a rule.

This motion has been signed by a total of 90 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Williams01/12/2011Bristol WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Simon Hughes01/12/2011Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tim Farron01/12/2011Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tom Brake01/12/2011Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Laws01/12/2011YeovilLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lorely Burt01/12/2011SolihullLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Pugh01/12/2011SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke01/12/2011Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George01/12/2011St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott01/12/2011Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders05/12/2011TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan05/12/2011FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jonathan Edwards05/12/2011Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Jo Swinson06/12/2011East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Huppert06/12/2011CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech06/12/2011Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock06/12/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon06/12/2011North DownIndependentSigned
Jim Shannon06/12/2011StrangfordDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds08/12/2011Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Duncan Hames08/12/2011ChippenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart08/12/2011Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland08/12/2011Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson08/12/2011BlaydonLabourSigned
John Thurso08/12/2011Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/12/2011Islington NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne08/12/2011Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Alan Meale08/12/2011MansfieldLabourSigned
Andrew Love08/12/2011EdmontonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/12/2011Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ian Swales08/12/2011RedcarLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram08/12/2011Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Alan Beith08/12/2011Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster08/12/2011BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton08/12/2011GowerLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/12/2011Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
William McCrea08/12/2011South AntrimDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/12/2011Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
David Simpson08/12/2011Upper BannDUPSigned
Margaret Ritchie08/12/2011South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Caroline Lucas12/12/2011Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Martin Horwood12/12/2011CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson12/12/2011North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Ward13/12/2011Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Grahame Morris13/12/2011EasingtonLabourSigned
Mike Wood14/12/2011Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Katy Clark14/12/2011North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce15/12/2011GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams15/12/2011CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Tessa Munt15/12/2011WellsLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy19/01/2012GlenrothesLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman23/02/2012Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Mike Gapes23/02/2012Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Mary Glindon23/02/2012North TynesideLabourSigned
Ian Davidson27/02/2012Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Graham Stringer27/02/2012Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham27/02/2012Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty28/02/2012Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Mark Tami28/02/2012Alyn and DeesideLabourSigned
Dave Watts28/02/2012St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Bill Esterson29/02/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham29/02/2012Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Kevin Barron29/02/2012Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson29/02/2012Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Austin Mitchell29/02/2012Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe29/02/2012Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
George Howarth29/02/2012KnowsleyLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock29/02/2012Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell29/02/2012North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Robertson05/03/2012Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Paul Goggins05/03/2012Wythenshawe and Sale EastLabourSigned
Simon Wright06/03/2012Norwich SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton07/03/2012Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Michael Weir08/03/2012AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ian Mearns09/03/2012GatesheadLabourSigned
Andrew Miller14/03/2012Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Alan Reid14/03/2012Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Rosie Cooper15/03/2012West LancashireLabourSigned
Bob Ainsworth20/03/2012Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Heidi Alexander21/03/2012Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Robert Smith22/03/2012West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Teresa Pearce22/03/2012Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Pete Wishart27/03/2012Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Yasmin Qureshi27/03/2012Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Stephen Lloyd27/03/2012EastbourneLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz16/04/2012Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff16/04/2012Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley16/04/2012York CentralLabourSigned
Gordon Banks16/04/2012Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy18/04/2012Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned

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