Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025 Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025 Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025 Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Portuguese Republic) Order 2025

Lincoln Jopp Excerpts

Monday 1st December 2025 General Committees

[Dan Tomlinson]

I—

[Lincoln Jopp (Spelthorne) (Con)]

Will the Minister give way?

[Dan Tomlinson]

I will.

--- Later in debate ---

[Lincoln Jopp]

I have just been checking my notes, and I think that the Minister may have inadvertently referred to you, Sir Desmond, as “Mr Swayne”. I thought it might be good to offer him the opportunity to correct the record, and show that he did not mean any disrespect to the Chair.

[The Chair]

None was taken.

--- Later in debate ---

[Dan Tomlinson]

In closing, Mr Chair—

[Lincoln Jopp]

Sir Chair.

[Dan Tomlinson]

In closing, Sir Chair, the orders before the Committee implement DTCs between the United Kingdom, Andorra, Peru, Portugal and Romania. The conventions will ensure that we have a modern DTC in place with all four of these countries, which will provide a stable foundation for trade and investment to grow, while at the same time making it harder to avoid taxes here in the United Kingdom. I am grateful to all hon. Members—Sirs and non-Sirs—for their contributions to the debate.

Question put and agreed to.

Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025

Resolved,

That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025.—(Dan Tomlinson.) 

Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025

Resolved,

That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025.—(Dan Tomlinson.)

Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Portuguese Republic) Order 2025

Resolved,

That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Portuguese Republic) Order 2025.—(Dan Tomlinson.)