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Taxation And The Poor

EDM number 1878 in 2008-09, proposed by John Gummer on 14/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty and Taxation.

That this House notes with regret the serious effects on the poorest in Britain's communities of the recent Finance Bill; further notes in particular the failure fully to reverse the reductions in income caused by the removal of the 10 pence tax band, the higher taxation on bingo when compared with casinos, and the increase in beer duty and its consequent effect on pubs; and calls on the Government to make provision to redress this bias against the poor by respective compensatory increases in the taxation of the better off, of casinos and of alcopops.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Gummer14/07/2009Suffolk CoastalConservativeProposed
Lynne Jones14/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson15/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Colin Breed15/07/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock15/07/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley15/07/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Robert Wareing15/07/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
John Hemming16/07/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies16/07/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Nick Harvey16/07/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan20/07/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Simon Hughes21/07/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew21/07/2009StroudLabourSigned
John Leech21/07/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason21/07/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned

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