Priti Patel calls for debate on HMRC
Priti Patel calls for a Parliamentary debate on the HMRC and the case of constituent and a 12-year-long test case involving construction workers and their contracted terms of employment.
Priti Patel (Witham) (Con): My constituent Mr Philip Wright has been persecuted by HMRC for more than 12 years over a test case involving construction workers and their contracted terms of employment. In light of the huge cost of this case for the taxpayer, can we have a debate on HMRC, and in particular, when it will stop harassing my constituent and bring the case to an end?
Sir George Young: Sitting next to me on the Front Bench is the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, who has noted the protest that my hon. Friend has made and has now undertaken to raise it with his colleague—
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Mark Hoban): The Exchequer Secretary.
Sir George Young: My hon. Friend has undertaken to raise the matter with the Exchequer Secretary, who has responsibility for taxation.
