This email arrived this afternoon:
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Public Accounts Committee
Informal note to the media
Subject: Tax avoidance and evasion: HSBC
The Committee has decided to call the following witnesses to give further evidence to this inquiry:
Monday 9th March (Committee Room to be confirmed)
At 3.15pm:
Stuart Gulliver Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc (confirmed)
Chris Meares former Group General Manager and CEO, HSBC Global Private Banking (confirmed)
Rona Fairhead Independent non-executive Director, HSBC
At approximately 4.15pm:
Edward Troup Second Permanent Secretary and Tax Assurance Commissioner, HM Revenue and Customs (confirmed)
Dave Hartnett former Permanent Secretary for tax, HM Revenue and Customs
The Committee previously took evidence from HMRC on this subject on 11 February 2015.
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The words 'cats' and 'pigeons' came to mind.
And it will be great to see Dave again......
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More grandstanding by Hodge et al I suppose
No perhaps the “untouchables” being held to account…..
Richard, I am suprised that you have’nt been invited to have your say on this. Did they ask you?
I am not important
only in their view, not in ours
I second that
The drinkies and nibbles session in the bar afterwards might be the most interesting part of the day.
Another parade of wise monkeys no doubt
Once upon a time, banks used to have
particularly strong internal audit and risk
functions reporting straight to the CEO
and/or Board. What would they have to say
I wonder? Or, as at Halifax, have they all
been neutered…
This will be very interesting and I am looking forward to it. Have not seen David Hartnett before the PAC before, so will be fun to see Hartnett v Hodge.
I not that only a couple of those invited have confirmed. Does that mean that attendance is not compulsory?
Hartnett could duck
They can force him though
I rather hope they do
I am sure you are aware. It hasn’t been reported here in the UK. However having been in Hong Kong this past few days I saw that its the 150 anniversary of HSBC.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/03/uk-hsbc-anniversary-idUKKBN0LZ19R20150303
I hope Mr Gulliver jet lag, who was also in HK, is better than mine.