Proceeding contribution from David Davis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 January 2023. It occurred during Backbench debate on Landfill Tax Fraud.
Landfill Tax Fraud
My hon. Friend has talked of perverse incentives. As far as I am aware—and, as I have said, I served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for five years—this is the clearest example of a strong incentive for good policy turning into a strong perverse incentive against that good policy, off the back of enforcement. When the Treasury assesses how much it puts into enforcement, ought it not to take that full spectrum of effect into account?
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 725 c791
- Session
- 2022-23
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Crime Fraud Enforcement Environment protection Environmental health Hazardous substances Landfill Landfill tax Environment Agency Pollution control Waste management Revenue and Customs Walley's Quarry Landfill Niramax
- Legislation
- Finance Act 1996
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- 2023-01-30 10:46:37 +0000
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