I congratulate my hon. Friend on the first part of her speech. Some three or four years ago, the distinguished tax expert Richard Murphy estimated the total tax gap at £119 billion a year. To my knowledge, that figure has never been seriously challenged or debunked, and it may now even be higher. Does my hon. Friend accept that if the Government were serious about dealing with this matter, they could pay off the deficit and have plenty more to spend on public services?
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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