General Anti-Avoidance Rule For Taxation (EDM2501)

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.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Williams	01/12/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Simon Hughes	01/12/2011	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tim Farron	01/12/2011	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tom Brake	01/12/2011	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Laws	01/12/2011	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lorely Burt	01/12/2011	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Pugh	01/12/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	01/12/2011	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	01/12/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	01/12/2011	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/12/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	05/12/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	05/12/2011	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/12/2011	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Huppert	06/12/2011	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	06/12/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/12/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	06/12/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Jim Shannon	06/12/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	08/12/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Duncan Hames	08/12/2011	Chippenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Crockart	08/12/2011	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	08/12/2011	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	08/12/2011	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	08/12/2011	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/12/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	08/12/2011	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/12/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ian Swales	08/12/2011	Redcar	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Rotheram	08/12/2011	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	08/12/2011	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	08/12/2011	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	08/12/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	08/12/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Simpson	08/12/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	08/12/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Caroline Lucas	12/12/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/12/2011	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	12/12/2011	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ward	13/12/2011	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Grahame Morris	13/12/2011	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	14/12/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	14/12/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/12/2011	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	15/12/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tessa Munt	15/12/2011	Wells	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	19/01/2012	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	23/02/2012	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	23/02/2012	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	23/02/2012	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/02/2012	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	27/02/2012	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	27/02/2012	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/02/2012	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	28/02/2012	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	28/02/2012	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	29/02/2012	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	29/02/2012	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	29/02/2012	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	29/02/2012	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Austin Mitchell	29/02/2012	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	29/02/2012	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	29/02/2012	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	29/02/2012	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	29/02/2012	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	05/03/2012	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	05/03/2012	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Simon Wright	06/03/2012	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	07/03/2012	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	08/03/2012	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ian Mearns	09/03/2012	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	14/03/2012	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	14/03/2012	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	15/03/2012	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Bob Ainsworth	20/03/2012	Coventry North East	Labour	Signed
Heidi Alexander	21/03/2012	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	22/03/2012	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teresa Pearce	22/03/2012	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	27/03/2012	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	27/03/2012	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Lloyd	27/03/2012	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/04/2012	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/04/2012	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/04/2012	York Central	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	16/04/2012	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/04/2012	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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