My hon. Friend is a feisty campaigner in defence of rural HMRC offices. Does he agree that one of the factors excluded from the closure calculations is the potential reduction in the tax take? The more remote the offices in any practical sense, the less connected some people will feel to their responsibility to pay tax. The closures could actually cost more than they save.
Welsh Affairs
Proceeding contribution from
Lembit Opik
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 February 2009.
It occurred during Debate on Welsh Affairs.
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