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Written Question
Duchy of Cornwall: Taxation
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General or other counsel have reviewed the taxation of the income from the Duchy of Cornwall within the last 30 years.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is the department with principal responsibility for reviewing individual tax affairs. They do not comment on the affairs of identifiable taxpayers.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"My Lords, this amendment was tabled in Committee. My purpose in tabling it again today is gently to take issue with the Minister on one aspect of his letter to noble Lords dated 7 March in connection with the title of the Duke of Cornwall. Before I do that, I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. It seems to me that there is a precedent for Parliament or the courts to change what is in the original charter. It is quite clear that the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"My Lords, I support this amendment, but for rather different reasons from those of some other noble Lords who have spoken. It is ironic to me that we are having a debate, quite rightly, about equality between men and women in inheriting titles. I understood from what the noble and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"My Lords, I have a question for the noble Lord, Lord James. As far as I recall, he spoke at Second Reading about the House committing collective treason. Why has he not put down some amendments in Committee to take these arguments forward, so we do not all commit treason?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"My Lords, I am pleased to be able to participate in this Second Reading debate because it is an important Bill. I support all its clauses, which I shall consider, but I am afraid, as many other noble Lords have said, the Bill needs to go a bit further. I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2013
Succession to the Crown Bill

"Very briefly, I understand what the Minister is saying about the Duchy of Cornwall but if there was a female heir to the Throne and she was therefore not the Duchess of Cornwall, who would go round and play landlord in Cornwall in their absence? Would it be nobody, so …..."
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