Public health minister Dawn Primarolo said a simple lack of knowledge is often the problem.

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Another person was "downgraded", said Treasury Minister Dawn Primarolo, two paid financial penalties and another 199 received reprimands.

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Health minister Dawn Primarolo asked for a report into the survey.

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John Whiting, tax specialist at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, has been following closely the representations made to the minister responsible, the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo, which include a joint attack from the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Law Society.

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