Misuse Of Overseas Aid On Tax Havens
EDM number 1427 in 1993-94, proposed by Hugh Bayley on 30/06/1994.
That this House is appalled that hundreds of thousands of pounds from the British overseas aid budget is being used to pay financial advisers; to regulate tax havens in the British Virgin Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands; notes that the misuse of Overseas Development Administration aid for this purpose assists United Kingdom companies and wealthy United Kingdom citizens to avoid paying United Kingdom tax, and that it enriches bankers and lawyers in the Caribbean instead of aiding poor people in the region; notes that the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands governments collected ú14.2 million last year in fees and charges from their offshore finance industries, but spent less than ú1 million, including the British aid contribution, on regulating offshore finance, and could therefore afford to pay the cost of regulation from their own receipts; notes that each British Virgin islander received ú74 in British aid last year even though their per capita gross domestic product is three times Jamaica's, which received ú2 per person in aid, and 10 times higher than India's, which received 10 pence per person in aid; recognises that the policy of aiding tax havens directly contradicts the claim in the 1994 Foreign Office Departmental Report that aid is targeted on the poorest countries where the problems of development go deepest; and calls on the Government to stop misusing British aid on running Caribbean tax havens, and to redirect the money to development projects for poor people in poor countries.
This motion has been signed by a total of 159 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Hugh Bayley | 30/06/1994 | York, City of | | Proposed |
Glenda Jackson | 30/06/1994 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 30/06/1994 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
John Denham | 30/06/1994 | Southampton, Itchen | | Signed |
David Steel | 30/06/1994 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 30/06/1994 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 01/07/1994 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 04/07/1994 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 04/07/1994 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 04/07/1994 | Streatham | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 04/07/1994 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Alan Meale | 04/07/1994 | Mansfield | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 04/07/1994 | Midlothian | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 04/07/1994 | Tooting | | Signed |
Alistair Darling | 04/07/1994 | Edinburgh Central | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 04/07/1994 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 04/07/1994 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
John Evans | 04/07/1994 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 04/07/1994 | Warley East | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 04/07/1994 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 04/07/1994 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 04/07/1994 | North Cornwall | | Signed |
David Hanson | 05/07/1994 | Delyn | | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 05/07/1994 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 05/07/1994 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Brian Sedgemore | 05/07/1994 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 05/07/1994 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 05/07/1994 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 05/07/1994 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 05/07/1994 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 05/07/1994 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
Peter Kilfoyle | 05/07/1994 | Liverpool, Walton | | Signed |
Neil Kinnock | 05/07/1994 | Islwyn | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 05/07/1994 | Brent East | | Signed |
John McAllion | 05/07/1994 | Dundee East | | Signed |
Thomas McAvoy | 05/07/1994 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 05/07/1994 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 05/07/1994 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
George Mudie | 05/07/1994 | Leeds East | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 05/07/1994 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
David Clelland | 05/07/1994 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 05/07/1994 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Robin Corbett | 05/07/1994 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 05/07/1994 | Bristol East | | Signed |
John Cummings | 05/07/1994 | Easington | | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 05/07/1994 | Leigh | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 05/07/1994 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 05/07/1994 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 05/07/1994 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
Derek Enright | 05/07/1994 | Hemsworth | | Signed |
Frank Field | 05/07/1994 | Birkenhead | | Signed |
George Foulkes | 05/07/1994 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 05/07/1994 | Bridgend | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 05/07/1994 | Neath | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 05/07/1994 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
Matthew Taylor | 05/07/1994 | Truro | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 05/07/1994 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 05/07/1994 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 05/07/1994 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
David Winnick | 05/07/1994 | Walsall North | | Signed |
Nigel Griffiths | 06/07/1994 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 06/07/1994 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Giles Radice | 06/07/1994 | North Durham | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 06/07/1994 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Clare Short | 06/07/1994 | Birmingham, Ladywood | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 06/07/1994 | Bolsover | | Signed |
Andrew Smith | 06/07/1994 | Oxford East | | Signed |
Nigel Spearing | 06/07/1994 | Newham South | | Signed |
Roy Hughes | 06/07/1994 | Newport East | | Signed |
Denis MacShane | 06/07/1994 | Rotherham | | Signed |
John Maxton | 06/07/1994 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
Ian McCartney | 06/07/1994 | Makerfield | | Signed |
John McFall | 06/07/1994 | Dumbarton | | Signed |
Ray Michie | 06/07/1994 | Argyll & Bute | | Signed |
Gordon Oakes | 06/07/1994 | Halton | | Signed |
Bill O'Brien | 06/07/1994 | Normanton | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 06/07/1994 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Bill Olner | 06/07/1994 | Nuneaton | | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 06/07/1994 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
Ann Coffey | 06/07/1994 | Stockport | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 06/07/1994 | Leyton | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 06/07/1994 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Don Foster | 06/07/1994 | Bath | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 06/07/1994 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 06/07/1994 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 06/07/1994 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
Hilary Armstrong | 06/07/1994 | North West Durham | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 06/07/1994 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Gerry Sutcliffe | 06/07/1994 | Bradford South | | Signed |
Alan Wynne Williams | 06/07/1994 | Carmarthen | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 07/07/1994 | Burnley | | Signed |
Jeff Rooker | 07/07/1994 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | | Signed |
Llew Smith | 07/07/1994 | Blaenau Gwent | | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 07/07/1994 | Belfast South | | Signed |
John Spellar | 07/07/1994 | Warley West | | Signed |
John Hutton | 07/07/1994 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
Tessa Jowell | 07/07/1994 | Dulwich | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 07/07/1994 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
Alan Milburn | 07/07/1994 | Darlington | | Signed |
Alf Morris | 07/07/1994 | Manchester Wythenshawe | | Signed |
Estelle Morris | 07/07/1994 | Birmingham, Yardley | | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 07/07/1994 | Cambridge | | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 07/07/1994 | Workington | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 07/07/1994 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 07/07/1994 | Wallasey | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 07/07/1994 | Newport West | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 07/07/1994 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
Mildred Gordon | 07/07/1994 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
Stephen Timms | 07/07/1994 | Newham North East | | Signed |
Joan Walley | 07/07/1994 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
Geoffrey Robinson | 08/07/1994 | Coventry North West | | Signed |
Gerald Kaufman | 08/07/1994 | Manchester, Gorton | | Signed |
Richard Caborn | 08/07/1994 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 08/07/1994 | Islington North | | Signed |
Tam Dalyell | 08/07/1994 | Linlithgow | | Signed |
Joe Ashton | 08/07/1994 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 11/07/1994 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
Russell Johnston | 11/07/1994 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 11/07/1994 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Alex Carlile | 11/07/1994 | Montgomery | | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 11/07/1994 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 12/07/1994 | Pendle | | Signed |
Joyce Quin | 12/07/1994 | Gateshead East | | Signed |
Martin Redmond | 12/07/1994 | Don Valley | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 12/07/1994 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Robert Litherland | 12/07/1994 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 12/07/1994 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 12/07/1994 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 12/07/1994 | Gordon | | Signed |
James Callaghan | 12/07/1994 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 12/07/1994 | Fife North East | | Signed |
Derek Fatchett | 12/07/1994 | Leeds Central | | Signed |
Margaret Hodge | 13/07/1994 | Barking | | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 13/07/1994 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
Stephen Byers | 13/07/1994 | Wallsend | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 13/07/1994 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Cecil Walker | 13/07/1994 | Belfast North | | Signed |
Jim Wallace | 13/07/1994 | Orkney & Shetland | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 13/07/1994 | Preston | | Signed |
Mike O'Brien | 14/07/1994 | North Warwickshire | | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 14/07/1994 | Huddersfield | | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 14/07/1994 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 14/07/1994 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Stuart Bell | 14/07/1994 | Middlesbrough | | Signed |
Jack Thompson | 14/07/1994 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
George Howarth | 15/07/1994 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
Henry McLeish | 18/07/1994 | Central Fife | | Signed |
Kim Howells | 19/07/1994 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 19/07/1994 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 20/07/1994 | Great Grimsby | | Signed |
Paul Murphy | 20/07/1994 | Torfaen | | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 20/07/1994 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
John Battle | 20/07/1994 | Leeds West | | Signed |
John Heppell | 21/07/1994 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 21/07/1994 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
Diana Maddock | 21/07/1994 | Christchurch | | Signed |
Rachel Squire | 17/10/1994 | Dunfermline West | | Signed |
Jamie Cann | 17/10/1994 | Ipswich | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 26/10/1994 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
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