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 (Aruba) Order 2011. With an explanatory memorandum from the Treasury. Approved by the House of Commons. Made 12 October 2011 (SI 2011/2435).

Draft International Tax Enforcement (Aruba) Order 2011. With an explanatory memorandum from the Treasury. Approved by the House of Commons. Made 12 October 2011 (SI 2011/2435).

Agreements between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Aruba, and the Government of the Republic of Liberia, on the exchange of information relating to tax matters. 20 p.

Agreements between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Aruba, and the Government of the Republic of Liberia, on the exchange of information relating to tax matters. 20 p.

Tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) were signed with Liberia in London on 1 November 2010 and with Aruba in The Hague on 5 November 2010. The texts of the TIEAs have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Custom's website. The texts...

Tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) were signed with Liberia in London on 1 November 2010 and with Aruba in The Hague on 5 November 2010. The texts of the TIEAs have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Custom's website. The texts...

My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) were signed with Liberia in London on 1 November 2010 and with Aruba in The Hague on 5 November 2010. The texts of the TIEAs have...

My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) were signed with Liberia in London on 1 November 2010 and with Aruba in The Hague on 5 November 2010. The texts of the TIEAs have...

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...

I join my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) in congratulating the Financial Secretary on his promotion. I also congratulate my hon. Friend on his nomination to the Front Bench. I wish to place it on record that, despite all the work on and...

I join my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) in congratulating the Financial Secretary on his promotion. I also congratulate my hon. Friend on his nomination to the Front Bench. I wish to place it on record that, despite all the work on and...

I hope that I will not detain the House for too long—I note with some approval that my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) are not present tonight. I thank the Financial Secretary for his...

I hope that I will not detain the House for too long—I note with some approval that my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) are not present tonight. I thank the Financial Secretary for his...

The hon. Gentleman completely misunderstood the point of my comments. No credit risk is established by claiming that one is resident in Somalia or Outer Mongolia, but depositing one’s money there might entail considerable credit risk. However, one does not need to do that. One could keep the money in...

The hon. Gentleman completely misunderstood the point of my comments. No credit risk is established by claiming that one is resident in Somalia or Outer Mongolia, but depositing one’s money there might entail considerable credit risk. However, one does not need to do that. One could keep the money in...