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Written Question
Corporation Tax: International Cooperation
Tuesday 5th December 2023

Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds information on the countries that will implement the OECD Pillar 2 minimum corporation tax measures from 31 December 2023; and what discussions he has had with (a) the OECD and (b) his counterparts in other countries on the implementation of that measure.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Countries that have committed to apply Pillar 2 from 31 December 2023 or 1 January 2024 include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Vietnam. Japan are implementing for 1 April 2024.

Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Hong-Kong and Singapore have committed to implement for 1 January 2025.

There are many other jurisdictions that have taken steps towards Pillar 2 implementation.

There are regular multilateral discussions at Ministerial level, including at the level of the G20, on how to ensure swift and coordinated implementation of Pillar 2, as well as the support that can be provided to developing countries in that regard.

Westminster Hall
LGBT History Month - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) proposed in countries such as Bulgaria, Bahrain, Russia, Belarus, Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Kenya, Hungary - Speech Link
2: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) Discussions in schools on LGBT+ issues are outlawed in Russia, as is being LGBT+, and in Hungary, Lithuania - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) In Hungary, section 28-style laws that ban the depiction of LGBTQ+ people in culture are causing havoc - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) As many have mentioned, the laws in Uganda, Ghana, Hungary and Russia are extremely concerning.I assure - Speech Link

Select Committee
Institut Montaigne
 RIU0023 - Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relations

Written Evidence Nov. 20 2023

Inquiry: Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relations
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: European Affairs Committee

Found: goods, though some lanes have experienced difficulties, including those to Poland, Slovakia and Hungary

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Nuclear Energy - Wed 21 Feb 2024

Mentions:
1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary - Speech Link
2: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) such as the USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary - Speech Link

General Committees
Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) To my knowledge, no European countries apart from Russia and Hungary impose minimum service levels from - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) As I said, it is normally countries such as Russia and Hungary that are taken to the European Court of - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) such interference in other European democracies unless we care to dignify countries like Russia and Hungary - Speech Link

General Committees
Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) whole of Europe they could think of that had similarly draconian legislation to the United Kingdom was Hungary - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) To be frank, these are the kinds of laws and consequences that workers in Russia and Hungary face. - Speech Link

Select Committee
University of Greenwich
 RWA0012 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill

Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Finland,8 has become the focal point of an international debate. 8.Similarly, in the case of Ilias v Hungary

Deposited Papers
Ministry of Defence

Oct. 25 2023

Source Page: Letter dated 17/10/2023 from Baroness Goldie to Lord Anderson of Swansea regarding issues raised in a debate on Ukraine: Hungary's position on Sweden's accession to NATO. 1p.
Document: Anderson.pdf (PDF)

Found: Hungary is key NATO ally and we continue to lobby them, and Tur key, including at Foreign Secretary

Parliamentary Research
Poland: Developments since 2015 and relations with the EU - CBP-9868
Oct. 13 2023

Found: In 2020, despite attempts by Poland and Hungary to block it , EU leaders adopted a new mechanism to

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 29 2024

Source Page: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Document: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (webpage)

Found: Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary