Question follow-through · 53829
Double Taxation: India
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason her Department did not make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Double Contribution Convention with India on the public purse before agreeing to it.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason her Department did not make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Double Contribution Convention with India on the public purse before agreeing to it.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The OBR will certify the impact of the trade deal including the Double Contributions Convention in the usual way at a fiscal event, once the deal is finalised and ratified. The agreement to negotiate a Double Contributions Convention was made in the conte...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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