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House of Lords (Members’ Taxation Status) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I wish to speak briefly in the gap. A few days ago I received a phone call from the Times in which I was asked whether my tax affairs were handled in Liechtenstein. I said, ““You must be joking. Why do you ask?””. ““Ah””, the caller said, ““we know that many of you are, and that many of you attend meetings with people from Liechtenstein””. I said, ““Ah, well. It so happens that members of the All-Party Group on Switzerland, of which I am an officer and vice-chairman, do have occasional discussions””—