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Taxation: Duchy of Cornwall

Volume 712: debated on Thursday 2 July 2009

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Lord Dykes

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider applying a fixed rate of tax to the published earnings of the Duchy of Cornwall. [HL4658]

The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury
(Lord Myners)

The tax arrangements for the Duchy of Cornwall are set out in the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation, attached to the Report of the Royal Trustees published on 11 February 1993 (HC464).