Overseas Territories: Tax Haven Status - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:36 pm on 26 February 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Chakrabarti Baroness Chakrabarti Labour 2:36, 26 February 2024

I am grateful to the Minister, if not exactly any the wiser. Last November, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new framework convention on tax justice. His Majesty’s Government were among a small club of rich countries that voted against. Now that that Motion has been so overwhelmingly carried, and there will be negotiations for a treaty to deal with tax avoidance and evasion in the world, will His Majesty’s Government engage?