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Meeting of the Parliament 10 February 2016

10 Feb 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
HM Revenue and Customs (Centralisation)
Finance, Constitution and Economy
Fabiani, Linda SNP East Kilbride Watch on SPTV

Is the cabinet secretary aware that the announced closure date of the HMRC operation in East Kilbride is dependent on the lease negotiations for the building, which was disposed of by Gordon Brown to a subsidiary of a company whose financial arrangements enable it to avoid paying UK corporation tax? Will he impress on the relevant UK minister the importance of maintaining the East Kilbride operation and of the negotiation with the Guernsey-based Mapeley group being robust?

In the same item of business

1. Margaret McCulloch (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on Scotland’s economy of the proposed centralisation of HM Revenue and Customs offices. (S4O-05534)
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy (John Swinney) SNP
As I indicated in my letter to Margaret McCulloch on 27 January, I know that we share concerns about the organisational change programme that HMRC announced ...
Margaret McCulloch Lab
I thank the cabinet secretary for that response and for his correspondence with me about the impact of the planned HMRC closures in my region. What plans do...
John Swinney SNP
In my earlier answer, I signalled my willingness to work with all relevant parties to make that case. We have been in touch with the UK Government on the iss...
Linda Fabiani (East Kilbride) (SNP) SNP
Is the cabinet secretary aware that the announced closure date of the HMRC operation in East Kilbride is dependent on the lease negotiations for the building...
John Swinney SNP
Linda Fabiani highlights some of the practical and detailed issues that it will be challenging to address. I reiterate what I said: the Government is willin...