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Financial Transaction Levy

EDM number 650 in 2010-12, proposed by Ian Swales on 27/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Financial institutions and Taxation.

That this House supports the Robin Hood tax campaign which calls for the introduction of a financial transactions tax; notes that by taking an average of 0.05 per cent. from speculative banking transactions, hundreds of billions of pounds could be raised every year to tackle poverty and climate change, at home and abroad; believes that banks, which had a large role in causing the economic crisis, should do more than just pay back the bailouts or insure against future crises; further believes that a Robin Hood tax would be an effective and popular response, with a recent poll finding that 80 per cent. of respondents supported the introduction of a Robin Hood tax; commends the work of all those organisations backing this campaign who have mobilised their supporters to increase the pressure for such change; further believes that this tax is an idea that has come of age; and urges the Government to do all possible to ensure that the Robin Hood tax becomes a reality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ian Swales27/07/2010RedcarLiberal DemocratProposed
Jeremy Corbyn27/07/2010Islington NorthLabourSeconded
John Leech27/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Julian Huppert27/07/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell27/07/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Glenda Jackson06/09/2010Hampstead and KilburnLabourSeconded
Andrew George06/09/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Edwards06/09/2010Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Rachel Reeves06/09/2010Leeds WestLabourSigned
Jim McGovern06/09/2010Dundee WestLabourSigned
Katy Clark06/09/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Mike Hancock06/09/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan06/09/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Cunningham06/09/2010Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas06/09/2010Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Gerald Kaufman06/09/2010Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Tom Blenkinsop07/09/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Graham Jones07/09/2010HyndburnLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma07/09/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Martin Caton07/09/2010GowerLabourSigned
Annette Brooke07/09/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea07/09/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Dai Havard07/09/2010Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner07/09/2010BolsoverLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell07/09/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell08/09/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hugh Bayley08/09/2010York CentralLabourSigned
Lilian Greenwood08/09/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz09/09/2010Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/09/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Mary Glindon09/09/2010North TynesideLabourSigned
Stephen Lloyd09/09/2010EastbourneLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/09/2010Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Austin Mitchell13/09/2010Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
John Pugh13/09/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd15/09/2010Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Paul Murphy15/09/2010TorfaenLabourSigned
Mark Williams15/09/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Hilling16/09/2010Bolton WestLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg11/10/2010Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Lorely Burt11/10/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Shuker11/10/2010Luton SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/12/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Debbie Abrahams19/05/2011Oldham East and SaddleworthLabourSigned
Dave Watts30/06/2011St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Naomi Long18/10/2011Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Greg Mulholland15/11/2011Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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