Double Taxation Protocol (Hansard, 23 July 2002)

§ Mrs. Lawrence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to submit to the House the double taxation protocol that the Government recently concluded with Lithuania; and if he will make a statement. [73101]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The Protocol with Lithuania was signed on 21 May 2002. The text of the Protocol with Lithuania has been published today as a schedule to a draft Order in Council and laid before the House. After signature the text was deposited in the Library of the House and made available on the Inland Revenue's website.

§ Barbara Follett
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the new double taxation convention with South Africa. [72875]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The double taxation convention was signed on behalf of the two governments on 4 July. The text has been deposited in the Library of the House and made available on the Inland Revenue's website. It will be scheduled to a draft Order in Council and laid for consideration by the House at the earliest convenient opportunity.