therefore, why has he laid off so many staff from hmrc? in 2013, mr. speaker, the prime minister demanded the overseas territories rip aside the cloak of secrecy by creating a public register of beneficial ownership of information. will he now make it clear that the beneficial ownership register will be an absolutely public document, transparent for all to see who really owns these companies and whether they're paying their taxes or not? >> let me be absolutely clear. for the united kingdom, we have taken the unprecedented step never done by labor, never done previously by conservatives, of all open beneficial ownership register. they have to give the full access to the registers of beneficial ownership. we did not choose the option of forcing them to have a public register because we believed if that was the case, we'd get into the situation that he spoke about, some of them might have walked away from this corporation all togethtogether. that's the point. the question is are we going to be able to access the information? yes. are we going to be able

so when the hmrc says that tax gap is 34 billion pounds, why then is he cutting hmrc staff by 20% and cutting down tax offices which loses the expertise of people to close the tax gap? >> i doubt he wants to get on our responsibility to pay taxes. that's very important. his tax return was a mess for labour policy the it was late, chaotic, inaccurate and un-costed. [laughter] turning to specific question, he is actually right. is absolutely right to identify the tax gap, and that is why we closed off loopholes in the last parliament equivalent of 12 billion pounds. we aim to close the loopholes in this parliament equivalent to 16 billion pounds so the h.r. mc is taken very strong action backed by this government, backed by the chancellor, legislative for by this house. i think i'm right in saying since 2010 we have put over 1 billion pounds into h.r. mc to increase its capabilities to collect the tax people should be paying. the difference i think between the sight of the house and right honorable gentleman is we believe in setting low tax rates at encouraging people to pay them. and i

the predominant job of hmrc is to make sure people pay their taxes. the 26,000 people i spoke about earlier, all of them are making sure that people pay their taxes. the clue is in the title. >> jesse norman. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker your will and carol davis and many of the farmers are still awaiting their 2015 payments from the rural payments agency, nearly four months after they were do. this fall to the of the rpa website last year that it is causing great personal and financial distress and threatens the future of our businesses. will the prime minister agreed to meet with farmers on this issue and press the rpa to make these payments by the end of this month, and does he share my view that at the very least farmers should receive interest on the amounts overdue? >> i have met recently with both the nfu and the welsh nfu and contingent meetings with farming organizations including my own constituency. i know have been problems with the payment system. the latest figures show 87% of all claims have been paid. i believe the figures are

so when the hmrc says that tax gap is 34 billion pounds, why then is he cutting hmrc staff by 20% and cutting down tax offices which loses the expertise of people to close the tax gap? >> i doubt he wants to get on our responsibility to pay taxes. that's very important. his tax return was a mess for labour policy the it was late, chaotic, inaccurate and un-costed. [laughter] turning to specific question, he is actually right. is absolutely right to identify the tax gap, and that is why we closed off loopholes in the last parliament equivalent of 12 billion pounds. we aim to close the loopholes in this parliament equivalent to 16 billion pounds so the h.r. mc is taken very strong action backed by this government, backed by the chancellor, legislative for by this house. i think i'm right in saying since 2010 we have put over 1 billion pounds into h.r. mc to increase its capabilities to collect the tax people should be paying. the difference i think between the sight of the house and right honorable gentleman is we believe in setting low tax rates at encouraging people to pay them. and i

will hmrc have access to that registry?f he does not succeed in getting these territories to publicly publish those registers he will use his power through the privy council to order the tax basis to publish it? mr. cameron: there are three things we have been asking the crown dependencies to do. one is to exchange tax information. the second of had a common reporting standard. the third is to establish registries. they have done all three. we still need agreement from guernsey and from anguilla. the second question, will our revenue have access to the register? yes, they will. will we force them to have public registers? we think they should. let's be clear, very few countries in the world -- spain, britain, and one or two others -- have these public registers of beneficial ownership. our dependencies will be now advanced of most other countries. we are to praise them and thank them for all they have done. m.p.: the prime minister's critics set out in indignation and admit that they pay anyone who has a hint of wealth. --

will hmrc have access to that registry? if he does not succeed in getting these territories to publicly publish those registers he will use his power through the privy council to order the tax basis to publish it? mr. cameron: there are three things we have been asking the crown dependencies to do. one is to exchange tax information. the second of had a common -- the second is to have a common reporting standard. the third is to establish registries. they have done all three. we still need agreement from guernsey and from anguilla. the second question, will our revenue have access to the register? yes, they will. will we force them to have public registers? we think they should. let's be clear, very few countries in the world -- spain, britain, and one or two others -- have these public registers of beneficial ownership. our dependencies will be now far in advance of most other countries. instead of attacking them, we ought to praise them and thank them for all they have done. m.p.: the prime minister's critics should snap

ispredominant job of hmrc to make sure people pay their taxes.ll of those people are making sure that taxes are paid. many farmers in south hereford share are still awaiting their payments from the rural agency. nearly four months after they would do. this follows the failure of the rpa website. causing great personal and financial distress and threatens the future of foreign businesses. will the prime minister be willing to meet with farmers on this issue and press rpa to make these payments? cameron: i have met with the farmers. i continue to have meetings with farming organizations. i know there have been problems with the payments. that some figures are 80 7% of all claims have been paid. i believe that the figures for hereford share are in line with the national average. that is why we have a financial hardship process. we may hardship payments amounting to more than 7 million pounds. douglas carswell: if the british people vote to leave the european union, will the prime minister remain in office ?uestion ma david cameron: yes. no carmichae

as i have said, that is what the chancellor has done what hmrc advises us about. i think sometimes there are occasions when the avoidance is so aggressive that it is right to warn those taking part of it that legislation will follow, and so they should not take part in the scheme in the first place. that should happen, too. will he be issuing guidance in the form of a leaflet to every household soap taxpayers can you how they can benefit from offshore tax havens? mr. cameron: there are many people in our country, over 12.5 million shareholders, many of whom hold shares in things like unit trusts that do not need information from me. those,invest in one of if you are u.k. reston, you must pay u.k. taxes just like you are share in any other organization. m.p.: i cannot find an occasion where the members raised any of these issues. the closest he came was when he ourcribed the lab government to take control of the turks and caicos islands as medial and undemocratic. apparently he now advocates for all territories. isn't it fortunate that we had a government after 20