OUTSOURCING OF INLAND REVENUE'S DISTRAINT WORK (EDM867)

OUTSOURCING OF INLAND REVENUE'S DISTRAINT WORK

EDM number 867 in 2001-02, proposed by Gwyn Prosser on 14/02/2002.

That this House is concerned by the decision by the Board of Inland Revenue to outsource Distraint, the legal process which allows the Inland Revenue to seize a taxpayer's possessions in order to settle a debt owed to the private sector, allowing the work, currently carried out by members of the Inland Revenue to be outsourced to private bailiffs; believes that this proposed change is wrong as it will be detrimental to the customer service provided by members of the Department, a customer service the private sector will not be able to equal as currently Inland Revenue staff are able to provide customers with information and advice regarding their responsibilities under law and can negotiate time to pay even at the final point of distraint; and further believes that if this work is outsourced it will severely reduce the service that the public has a right to expect.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gwyn Prosser	14/02/2002	Dover	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	14/02/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	14/02/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/02/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/02/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	25/02/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/02/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/02/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/02/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/02/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/02/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	26/02/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	26/02/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/02/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/02/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	27/02/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	28/02/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/02/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	28/02/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	01/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	04/03/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	04/03/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	05/03/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	05/03/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/03/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/03/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/03/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	07/03/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/03/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	11/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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