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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q Are you open to putting that on your agenda? If the British taxpayer is being asked to put more money in—Diana was talking about how well we are leveraging in at the project level—surely we should have a strategy. Loads of people, not only in the UK but …..."
Richard Fuller - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q I am intrigued by Mr Wrigley’s suggestion about an ISA or a PEP, which are much more about individual investors. Every day on the television we see requests for people to put money—£2 a week, £3 a week—into those sorts of things. There is a tremendous interest in …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Thank you for the clarification, Graham. I did not mean to misinterpret you. It was something you said. But, on the principle, Minister?

Rory Stewart: Perhaps, Mr Fuller, we can sit down and explore your idea in more detail. It is an interesting idea...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q Just on the issue of low-tax environments and tax havens, and their use by CDC, I am not sure if you were all present for the earlier evidence session, in which a question was asked about that, but essentially the point was that in a number of the …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q So CDC is the third of those.

Sir Paul Collier: Yes, where CDC is a party in it, and often it will be—..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q I think we understand, but I appreciate you clarifying. Mr McDonald, from the point of view of the NAO?

Tom McDonald: We did not actually look at that in our reports—..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q Do you have any concerns about it?

Tom McDonald: I am aware of the CDC’s position, but we have no view as to—..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q If you had a concern about it, would you have looked at it?

Tom McDonald: [Pause.] I suppose—..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Q I think one can infer that you did not have a concern, as you have done an extensive review of CDC and you did not even think about it as a topic to look at.

Tom McDonald: We did consider it at the beginning. It didn’t—..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (First sitting)

"Oh, you did consider it. But it wasn’t a priority.

Tom McDonald: It didn’t emerge as a priority...."

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