Written question asked by Lord Lilley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 December 1997. It was answered by Gordon Brown (Labour) on Friday, 12 December 1997 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Treasury

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Paymaster General's wife or children have any interest in any offshore trusts apart from the Orion Trust; when he was informed about the transfer of 2.95 million TransTec shares into the Orion Trust; if he will publish the trust deed of the Orion Trust; who informed the Orion Trust that 2.95 million TransTec shares should have been legally settled in the trust; who the non-resident settlor was who transferred 2.95 million TransTec shares into the Orion Trust in 1997; if he will publish the letter of wishes from the settlor to the trustees of the Orion Trust (a) on the setting up of the trust and (b) relating to the Deed of Addition. - Ref to 302 c575-76W, 10 December 1997.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

302 c707W; 20661;20664;20665;20663;20662;20660

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Ministers Shares Taxation Tax havens Offshore trusts TransTec Orion Trust Robinson, Geoffrey

Contains statistics

Yes