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I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the authoritative KPMG survey of more than 500 multinational companies that reached that conclusion. The World Bank's "Doing Business 2009" study ranks the UK sixth in the world. The evidence is clear: we are in a strongly competitive position, and it is important that we should retain that. If everything is so wonderful, why have so many companies left for tax ...
12 May 2009
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202
Ayes
304
Noes
102
Majority
FAIL
Result
Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB Labour | 3 | 253 | 0 | 256 |
| CON Conservative | 106 | 1 | 0 | 107 |
| LD Liberal Democrat | 37 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| UNK Unknown | 15 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| IND Independent | 13 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| SCO Scottish National Party | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| PC Plaid Cymru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SPE Speaker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| REF Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| THE The Independent Group for Change | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DUP Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |