To place certain requirements relating to payment of tax in the UK on companies bidding for public contracts; to prohibit the transfer of such contracts overseas; to require companies bidding for public contracts to provide certain information relating to tax payments and for related purposes
House of Commons
Dame Nia GriffithLabour (Co-op)
16 October 2008
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The Public Contracts (UK Tax Requirements) Bill would require companies bidding for public sector contracts to pay UK taxes and to reveal information about their tax payments. It would also stop such contracts from being transferred overseas. The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and would proceed to more detailed scrutiny if it advances.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to committee stage for detailed examination, followed by report and third readings, and could then go to the Lords.
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