My hon. Friend is right. Let me expand on what he says with a specific example. It is suggested that the son of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, no less, was able to obtain a car on behalf of his father, thereby avoiding tax in Nigeria. Tax revenue was thus denied to a country to which our taxpayers contribute large sums in aid. I do not know whether that would come under the definition of corruption, but it would certainly help us if we knew whether that was the case. That would be achieved if there was a proper definition in each annual report of what was meant by corruption.
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Christopher Chope
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 16 June 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill.
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