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28. Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of his ministerial colleagues receive papers on the development of policy for the taxation of offshore trusts. [21079]

33. Mr. Green

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of his ministerial colleagues receive papers on the development of policy for the taxation of offshore trusts. [21085]

Mr. Gordon Brown

I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave to the right hon. Member for Hitchen and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley) on the 10 December 1997,Official Report, column 576.

35. Mr. Brady

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the annual cost to the Treasury of tax avoidance through the use of offshore trusts. [21087]

Mr. Gordon Brown

The last Government failed to put in place any comprehensive mechanism accurately to assess or estimate the cost to the Treasury of tax avoidance. The question of assessment is part of the review announced in the Pre-Budget Report.