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
Tony Worthington	30/06/1994	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
David Steel	30/06/1994	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
John Denham	30/06/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Ann Clwyd	30/06/1994	Cynon Valley		Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/06/1994	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Harry Barnes	01/07/1994	North East Derbyshire		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
Bryan Davies	04/07/1994	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Alistair Darling	04/07/1994	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Tom Cox	04/07/1994	Tooting		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
Derek Enright	05/07/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/07/1994	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	05/07/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Ian Davidson	05/07/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	05/07/1994	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	05/07/1994	Easington		Signed
Jean Corston	05/07/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Robin Corbett	05/07/1994	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Frank Field	05/07/1994	Birkenhead		Signed
George Foulkes	05/07/1994	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
David Winnick	05/07/1994	Walsall North		Signed
Mike Watson	05/07/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Dennis Turner	05/07/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Paddy Tipping	05/07/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Matthew Taylor	05/07/1994	Truro		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	05/07/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Peter Hain	05/07/1994	Neath		Signed
Win Griffiths	05/07/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Michael Connarty	05/07/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
David Clelland	05/07/1994	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Jane Kennedy	05/07/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Lynne Jones	05/07/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Helen Jackson	05/07/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Eric Illsley	05/07/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	05/07/1994	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Ernie Ross	05/07/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Ken Purchase	05/07/1994	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
David Hanson	05/07/1994	Delyn		Signed
Piara S Khabra	05/07/1994	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	05/07/1994	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Keith Bradley	05/07/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
George Mudie	05/07/1994	Leeds East		Signed
Bill Michie	05/07/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
William McKelvey	05/07/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	05/07/1994	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
John McAllion	05/07/1994	Dundee East		Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/07/1994	Brent East		Signed
Neil Kinnock	05/07/1994	Islwyn		Signed
Terry Davis	06/07/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Harry Cohen	06/07/1994	Leyton		Signed
Ann Coffey	06/07/1994	Stockport		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	06/07/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Bill Olner	06/07/1994	Nuneaton		Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/07/1994	Knowsley South		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
Bill O'Brien	06/07/1994	Normanton		Signed
Gordon Oakes	06/07/1994	Halton		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
Ray Michie	06/07/1994	Argyll & Bute		Signed
John McFall	06/07/1994	Dumbarton		Signed
Ian McCartney	06/07/1994	Makerfield		Signed
John Maxton	06/07/1994	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Denis MacShane	06/07/1994	Rotherham		Signed
Roy Hughes	06/07/1994	Newport East		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
Estelle Morris	07/07/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Alf Morris	07/07/1994	Manchester Wythenshawe		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
Joe Ashton	08/07/1994	Bassetlaw		Signed
Tam Dalyell	08/07/1994	Linlithgow		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/07/1994	Islington North		Signed
Richard Caborn	08/07/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Gerald Kaufman	08/07/1994	Manchester, Gorton		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	08/07/1994	Coventry North West		Signed
Diane Abbott	11/07/1994	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Alex Carlile	11/07/1994	Montgomery		Signed
Richard Burden	11/07/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Russell Johnston	11/07/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Alan Simpson	11/07/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Derek Fatchett	12/07/1994	Leeds Central		Signed
Menzies Campbell	12/07/1994	Fife North East		Signed
James Callaghan	12/07/1994	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/07/1994	Gordon		Signed
Chris Mullin	12/07/1994	Sunderland South		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/07/1994	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Robert Litherland	12/07/1994	Manchester Central		Signed
Peter Hardy	12/07/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Martin Redmond	12/07/1994	Don Valley		Signed
Joyce Quin	12/07/1994	Gateshead East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	12/07/1994	Pendle		Signed
Audrey Wise	13/07/1994	Preston		Signed
Jim Wallace	13/07/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Cecil Walker	13/07/1994	Belfast North		Signed
Mike Hall	13/07/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Stephen Byers	13/07/1994	Wallsend		Signed
Nigel Jones	13/07/1994	Cheltenham		Signed
Margaret Hodge	13/07/1994	Barking		Signed
Jack Thompson	14/07/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
Stuart Bell	14/07/1994	Middlesbrough		Signed
Bill Etherington	14/07/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Doug Henderson	14/07/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Barry Sheerman	14/07/1994	Huddersfield		Signed
Mike O'Brien	14/07/1994	North Warwickshire		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
John Battle	20/07/1994	Leeds West		Signed
Martin O'Neill	20/07/1994	Clackmannan		Signed
Paul Murphy	20/07/1994	Torfaen		Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/07/1994	Great Grimsby		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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