HC Deb 17 July 2000 vol 354 cc92-3W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Austrian Government's blocking of the withholding tax proposal, with particular reference to the use of the national veto. [129921]

Dawn Primarolo

All 15 member states have agreed to accept exchange of information, and not a withholding tax, as the way forward for the EU to tackle the problem of cross-border tax evasion.