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  Principle of Financial Transaction Tax
  
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  @ MP voted aye to support the principle of the Financial Transaction Tax. 
  @ MP voted no against the principle of the Financial Transaction Tax. 
  The majority of MPs voted against the principle of the Financial Transaction Tax. 
  
  MPs were considering a motion[1] noting European Documents on European Monetary Union. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :amendment (a), leave out
  
  :further notes that the proposals for the Financial Transaction Tax have been challenged by the Government in the European Court of Justiceâ;
  
  :and insert
  
  :âcalls on the Government to support the principle of an FTT and to learn lessons from the EU proposal and work with other global financial centres, especially the US, to reach a consensus on a design set at a modest rate without creating negative economic consequences and which minimises international tax arbitrage;â.
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2013-06-18c.787.0#g787.3 Motion on European Monetary Union, Official Record, House of Commons, 18 June 2013]
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