Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:06 am on 25 February 2016.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
11:06,
25 February 2016
My Lords, given that we are preparing for the anti-corruption summit that the Prime Minister will chair in London in May, are we feeding the question of updating our tax treaties with developing countries into preparations for that? A lot of the loss to developing countries in terms of tax avoidance is filtered out through various corrupt practices. At the same time, are we considering in our relations with our own Overseas Territories pushing for greater transparency in the money that goes through the Overseas Territories, which is also closely related to this issue?