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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - New Clause 25 - Review of Freeports
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the impact of freeports on matters including job creation, tax raising, tax avoidance, tax evasion and criminality.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require a report on the impact of freeports on matters including job creation, tax raising, tax avoidance, tax evasion and criminality.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not require a report on the impact of freeports on matters including job creation, tax raising, tax avoidance, tax evasion and criminality.
  
  MPs were considering the Finance (No. 2) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was titled:''Review of freeports'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the impact of sections 109 to 111 and schedules 21 and 22 of this Act and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act and once a year thereafter.
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  :(2) A review under this section must estimate the expected impact of sections 109 to 111 and schedules 21 and 22 onâ
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  :(a) job creation within the sites designated as freeports and across the UK as a whole,
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  :(b) revenue from corporation tax and stamp duty land tax within the sites designated as freeports and across the UK as a whole,
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  :(c) levels of artificial tax avoidance and tax evasion across the UK as a whole,
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  :(d) levels of criminal activity,
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  :(e) the necessary level of staffing for HMRC and the UK Border Force, and
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  :(f) departmental spending by HMRC and other departments on enforcement.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  :This new clause would require the Government to review the impact of the provisions of the Act introducing freeports and publish regular reports setting out the findings
  
  Clauses 109-111 provided for the designation of, and special tax treatment for, freeports.[2][3]
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3060 Parliament's webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0270/200270.pdf The Finance (No. 2) Bill (as introduced 11 March 2021)], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0270/en/200270en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
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