That this House notes with concern the Guardian article of 5 December which stated that the Paymaster General 'was not rich' at the start of his business dealings with Robert Maxwell; notes that the Sunday Express of 29 November stated that Maxwell and the Paymaster General sold two companies (Lock and PSS) from Hollis Industries plc when the Paymaster General was Chairman, for ??2.93 million to a Maxwell company which sold them on the same day for ??4.05 million to another company controlled jointly by the Paymaster General and Robert Maxwell; notes that according to the Sunday Telegraph of 6 December Lock and PSS were worth ??40 million; notes that according to the Sunday Times of 6 December, six months later Hollis Industries plc went into administration owing ??41 million including ??16 million due to AGB International Limited; notes that AGB Internation, where the Paymaster General had been a director, itself then went into administration owing ??164 million including ??1.7 million to the Maxwell pensioners and ??490,285 to the Inland Revenue; notes that the effect of those transactions was to remove ??37 million from the Maxwell empire at a time when Robert Maxwell was using ??300 million of pensioners' money to support his businesses; notes that the financing of the ??37 million of value removed came from creditors of the Maxwell empire which included 33,000 Maxwell pensioners; and calls upon the Paymaster General to repay the ??37 million to the Maxwell pension funds and settle all outstanding liabilities with the Inland Revenue.

That this House notes with concern the Guardian article of 5 December which stated that the Paymaster General 'was not rich' at the start of his business dealings with Robert Maxwell; notes that the Sunday Express of 29 November stated that Maxwell and the Paymaster General sold two companies (Lock...

That this House, mindful of Labour's pledge not to 'permit tax reliefs to millionaires in offshore tax havens', notes that the Paymaster General is simultaneously abolishing PEPs and TESSAs, and is a beneficiary of the offshore Orion Trust; and calls upon him to clarify why he sold his rights to ??10 million of Trans Tec shares to Stenbell, and how much of the latter he owns, and why these shares were then passed to Orion, whether he holds any other of his 30.4 million shares in Trans Tec in offshore trusts, whether Orion was the family trust noted in Trans Tec's 1996 annual report in which he held 9.8 million shares, and who increased this holding to 12.7 million shares in September 1997, and whether Orion holds any other assets, why and when he made a personal loan of $1 million to Roll Centre Inc. before its purchase by Trans Tec and whether any similar loans are extant, whether he is still in receipt of pension certification or other emoluments for Trans Tec, what agreement was conducted with the late Robert Maxwell on the 1991 company merger with Trans Tec, and why the latter sold back his shares just before his death.

That this House, mindful of Labour's pledge not to 'permit tax reliefs to millionaires in offshore tax havens', notes that the Paymaster General is simultaneously abolishing PEPs and TESSAs, and is a beneficiary of the offshore Orion Trust; and calls upon him to clarify why he sold his rights to...

That this House deplores the claims of Betty Maxwell, widow of Robert Maxwell, to a pension of over ??300,000 a year and, given the anguish suffered by Maxwell pensioners as a result of Robert Maxwell's actions, finds this claim insulting and deeply provocative.

That this House deplores the claims of Betty Maxwell, widow of Robert Maxwell, to a pension of over ??300,000 a year and, given the anguish suffered by Maxwell pensioners as a result of Robert Maxwell's actions, finds this claim insulting and deeply provocative.