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Finance (No. 2) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mark Field (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 April 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.

I give my hon. Friend credit for what he has done for the animation and video games industries in my constituency. As he will know, there has been a

long-standing campaign for such provisions, and I am by no means the only Member of Parliament who has lobbied for them in recent years. Will he ensure that we will be able to act as nimbly as possible if our tax rates become uncompetitive, for whatever reason, for those internationally competitive businesses? Such action might need to be applied to a whole range of industries, well beyond the IT and animation industries. As he has rightly pointed out, it is very easy to lose such jobs nowadays, and we need to ensure that they come back to these shores at the earliest possible opportunity.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
561 c58 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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