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Conduct And Interests Of The Paymaster General

EDM number 555 in 1997-98, proposed by Tim Boswell on 03/12/1997.

That this House, mindful of Labour's pledge not to 'permit tax reliefs to millionaires in offshore tax havens', notes that the Paymaster General is simultaneously abolishing PEPs and TESSAs, and is a beneficiary of the offshore Orion Trust; and calls upon him to clarify why he sold his rights to ú10 million of Trans Tec shares to Stenbell, and how much of the latter he owns, and why these shares were then passed to Orion, whether he holds any other of his 30.4 million shares in Trans Tec in offshore trusts, whether Orion was the family trust noted in Trans Tec's 1996 annual report in which he held 9.8 million shares, and who increased this holding to 12.7 million shares in September 1997, and whether Orion holds any other assets, why and when he made a personal loan of $1 million to Roll Centre Inc. before its purchase by Trans Tec and whether any similar loans are extant, whether he is still in receipt of pension certification or other emoluments for Trans Tec, what agreement was conducted with the late Robert Maxwell on the 1991 company merger with Trans Tec, and why the latter sold back his shares just before his death.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Boswell03/12/1997DaventryConservativeProposed
David Prior03/12/1997North NorfolkConservativeSigned
Tim Yeo03/12/1997South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Liam Fox03/12/1997WoodspringConservativeSigned
David Curry03/12/1997Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Tim Collins03/12/1997Westmorland & LonsdaleConservativeSigned
Graham Brady03/12/1997Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway03/12/1997Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Theresa May03/12/1997MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Peter Luff03/12/1997Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton03/12/1997East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin03/12/1997West DorsetConservativeSigned
Andrew Lansley03/12/1997South CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Bernard Jenkin03/12/1997North EssexConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth03/12/1997AldershotConservativeSigned
John Horam03/12/1997OrpingtonConservativeSigned
John Hayes03/12/1997South Holland & The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Keith Simpson03/12/1997Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
David Maclean08/12/1997Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Christopher Gill08/12/1997LudlowConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne08/12/1997New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis09/12/1997New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton10/12/1997CongletonConservativeSigned

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