To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039 on Department for Transport: Aviation, what the purpose was of each flight to Netherlands Antilles; which Ministers and senior officials approved each visit; how many officials travelled on each occasion and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039 on Department for Transport: Aviation, what the purpose was of each flight to Netherlands Antilles; which Ministers and senior officials approved each visit; how many officials travelled on each occasion and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the capital of Northern Rock plc will be owned by private equity after its acquisition by Virgin Money; and what percentage of the share capital will be owned by shareholders based in (1) the British Virgin Islands, (2) the Cayman Islands, (3)...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the capital of Northern Rock plc will be owned by private equity after its acquisition by Virgin Money; and what percentage of the share capital will be owned by shareholders based in (1) the British Virgin Islands, (2) the Cayman Islands, (3)...

Draft International Tax Enforcement (Liberia) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2434); draft International Tax Enforcement (Aruba) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2435); draft International Tax Enforcement (Curacao, Sint Maarten and BES Islands) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2433); draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (South Africa) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2441); draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Mauritius) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2442). Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Agreed to on question. (Vote)

Draft International Tax Enforcement (Liberia) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2434); draft International Tax Enforcement (Aruba) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2435); draft International Tax Enforcement (Curacao, Sint Maarten and BES Islands) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2433); draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (South Africa) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2441); draft Double Taxation Relief...

Draft International Tax Enforcement (Curacao, Sint Maarten and BESIlands) Order 2011. With an explanatory memorandum from the Treasury. Approved by the House of Commons. Made 12 October 2011 (SI 2011/2433).

Draft International Tax Enforcement (Curacao, Sint Maarten and BESIlands) Order 2011. With an explanatory memorandum from the Treasury. Approved by the House of Commons. Made 12 October 2011 (SI 2011/2433).

My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) was signed with the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague on 10 September 2010. The text of the TIEA has been deposited in the Libraries of...

My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) was signed with the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague on 10 September 2010. The text of the TIEA has been deposited in the Libraries of...

A tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) was signed with the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague on 10 September 2010. The text of the TIEA has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs' website. The text will be scheduled to a draft...

A tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) was signed with the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague on 10 September 2010. The text of the TIEA has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs' website. The text will be scheduled to a draft...

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of the Netherlands Antilles, on the exchange of information relating to tax matters. 10 p.

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of the Netherlands Antilles, on the exchange of information relating to tax matters. 10 p.

(3) how many prisoners were returned to (a) the Netherlands and (b) the Netherlands Antilles under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available.

(3) how many prisoners were returned to (a) the Netherlands and (b) the Netherlands Antilles under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available.

Perhaps I should start where we finished and welcome the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) to this House and to the Liberal Democrat Front Bench. It is clear that he will bring to bear on our proceedings his experience in the European Parliament. You cautioned him, Madam Deputy Speaker,...

Perhaps I should start where we finished and welcome the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) to this House and to the Liberal Democrat Front Bench. It is clear that he will bring to bear on our proceedings his experience in the European Parliament. You cautioned him, Madam Deputy Speaker,...

The hon. Gentleman perhaps anticipates my remarks a little. The agreements that refer to the territories that we are discussing are frankly a sideshow. I happened to be in the European Parliament when they came through. They were a price that several Ministers paid to get agreement on the more...

The hon. Gentleman perhaps anticipates my remarks a little. The agreements that refer to the territories that we are discussing are frankly a sideshow. I happened to be in the European Parliament when they came through. They were a price that several Ministers paid to get agreement on the more...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that in the light of the issues that he raises, we should ask the Minister whether information could be made available to the House at the end of the first year showing whether the £60 million figure has been met? This is a complicated and...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that in the light of the issues that he raises, we should ask the Minister whether information could be made available to the House at the end of the first year showing whether the £60 million figure has been met? This is a complicated and...

I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, not least because I know of no instance when my party has been against the publication of, or transparency of, financial or other information. The provision of such information by the Treasury would certainly be a step forward....

I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, not least because I know of no instance when my party has been against the publication of, or transparency of, financial or other information. The provision of such information by the Treasury would certainly be a step forward....

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have concluded my remarks.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have concluded my remarks.

I do not want to repeat myself, but it is extremely difficult to be precise about figures in matters of tax evasion and tax avoidance. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the regulatory impact assessment that we published a couple of years ago. The Government are pleased to have reached...

I do not want to repeat myself, but it is extremely difficult to be precise about figures in matters of tax evasion and tax avoidance. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the regulatory impact assessment that we published a couple of years ago. The Government are pleased to have reached...