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Oral Answers to Questions

Caroline Voaden Excerpts
Tuesday 10th March 2026

(1 day, 10 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Voaden Portrait Caroline Voaden (South Devon) (LD)
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Every year, the UK loses £33.4 billion in tax revenue, as multinational corporations and the super-rich choose tax havens over tax payments. However, the UN tax convention has the potential to solve this problem, so will the Minister show leadership, not ambivalence, and commit to securing an ambitious UN tax convention in this Parliament?

Dan Tomlinson Portrait Dan Tomlinson
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I am always happy to show leadership, and this Government—and, I may say, previous Governments—have worked hard with international partners, both in the OECD and the UN, to do all we can to reduce tax avoidance and evasion by multinational companies. We continue to work with our partners in the UK and abroad to clamp down on tax dodging.