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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,
  
  (e) the necessary level of staffing for HMRC and the UK Border Force, and
  
  (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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