Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Hemming (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 26 February 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 4 members in total.

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TAX CREDITS AND MIGRATION

That this House notes that HM Revenue and Customs states that it does not hold information as to the amount of tax credits paid to people by nationality; recognises that this means that the Government does not have the information to identify whether loopholes in the rules relating to self-employment and tax credits are being abused to circumvent the rules relating to habitual residency; further notes that there is considerable anecdotal evidence that essentially spurious self-employment schemes are being established by recent migrants in order to qualify for in-work benefits which would not be available were habitual residency rules to apply; believes that the Government should aim to keep sufficient information to manage the tax and benefits system; and calls for the Government to modify the databases to ensure this information is recorded in the future.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1117 

Session

2013-14

Other sponsors

Lord Field of Birkenhead

Lord Stunell

John Leech

Subjects

Administration Immigration Social security benefits Taxation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk