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Proceeding contribution from David Leslie Taylor (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 March 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Spring European Council.


Spring European Council

The European Council's pledge to protect the world's financial systems from opaque and unco-operative tax havens is naturally good news, but will the Prime Minister tell us how he intends to implement that in our own country? We have four major banking groups. Two are effectively under national ownership and might be expected to respond to leverage on co-operation, but the other two—HSBC and Barclays—have long promoted tax evasion and avoidance schemes using offshore tax havens. How will the Prime Minister secure their co-operation?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
490 c32 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Banks Climate change Developing countries Broadband Finance Energy supply Financial services International cooperation Economic situation EU action EU economic policy International Monetary Fund Pay Regulation Trade Renewable energy Tax havens European Council
Link
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