Parliamentary reaction to Royal family tax arrangements
- Title
- Parliamentary reaction to Royal family tax arrangements
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 11 Feb 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:03:22
- Description
- Des Fahy reporting on Parliamentary reaction to the arrangements for the Queen and Prince Charles to pay tax. Includes House of Commons announcement by Prime Minister John Major. Labour leader John Smith questioning Major on the exemption of the Sovereign’s private assets from inheritance tax. Liberal Democrat MP, Simon Hughes welcoming the decision. Labour MP, Dennis Skinner pressing Major for details of the Queen’s income and tax regime.
- Contributors
- Dennis Skinner; John Major; John Smith; Simon Hughes; Des Fahy
- Keywords
- Taxation; Queen Elizabeth II; Royal family; Prince Charles; Inheritance taxes
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