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Job Losses At HM Revenue And Customs

EDM number 211 in 2012-13, proposed by John McDonnell on 18/06/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Taxation.

That this House calls on the Government to stop its programme of job cuts in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC); notes that the Public Accounts Committee has reported that 1.1 billion could have been collected if it were not for the job cuts; is deeply concerned by HMRC's appointment of two private sector suppliers, Sitel and Teleperformance, to conduct 12-month trials of their telephony advice services, based in HMRC's contact centres at Bathgate, Scotland and Lilyhall, Cumbria; recognises that this adds insult to injury to permanent HMRC staff already suffering from low morale and concerned about losing their jobs; further recognises that the taxpaying public will be concerned about private companies having access to personal tax records and expect that sensitive data is held confidentially and securely; believes that cutting staff by 10,000 by 2014-15 and continuing to close offices as planned will significantly harm the performance of HMRC and its ability to tackle tax avoidance and evasion; and therefore calls on the Government to reverse these damaging cuts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell18/06/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Alan Meale18/06/2012MansfieldLabourSeconded
Andrew George18/06/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan18/06/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jim Shannon19/06/2012StrangfordDUPSeconded
David Simpson19/06/2012Upper BannDUPSeconded
John Leech19/06/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Edwards19/06/2012Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Hywel Francis19/06/2012AberavonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin19/06/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/2012Islington NorthLabourSigned
William McCrea19/06/2012South AntrimDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd19/06/2012Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner19/06/2012BolsoverLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie19/06/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gregory Campbell20/06/2012East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/06/2012Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/06/2012GowerLabourSigned
Paul Flynn20/06/2012Newport WestLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy20/06/2012GlenrothesLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan21/06/2012Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne21/06/2012Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Hywel Williams27/06/2012ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Godsiff02/07/2012Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas02/07/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Frank Doran02/07/2012Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer04/07/2012Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Jim McGovern09/07/2012Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Crausby11/07/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Linda Riordan16/07/2012HalifaxLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice16/07/2012LivingstonLabourSigned
David Wright03/09/2012TelfordLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper03/09/2012West LancashireLabourSigned
Joe Benton03/09/2012BootleLabourSigned
George Galloway03/09/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
Jim Cunningham03/09/2012Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty03/09/2012Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood03/09/2012Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
David Heyes03/09/2012Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Katy Clark04/09/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Richard Burden05/09/2012Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Tom Clarke05/09/2012Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Bill Esterson17/09/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Mary Glindon18/09/2012North TynesideLabourSigned
Dai Havard15/10/2012Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Stewart Jackson15/10/2012PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Jessica Morden15/10/2012Newport EastLabourSigned
Ian Mearns18/10/2012GatesheadLabourSigned
Grahame Morris18/10/2012EasingtonLabourSigned
Joan Walley08/11/2012Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Eric Joyce10/12/2012FalkirkLabourSigned

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