Bill Presented — Tax and Financial Transparency Bill

– in the House of Commons at 4:00 pm on 30 March 2010.

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Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)

Mr. David Drew presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to take steps to obtain tax information from British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies; to require banks, corporations and trusts to provide tax information; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 23 April, and to be printed (Bill 101).

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