Egypt: Mubarak Family Assets Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Egypt: Mubarak Family Assets

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Excerpts
Wednesday 16th February 2011

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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My Lords, will the welcome action that the Minister describes be extended to cover our home and overseas dependent territories?

Lord Sassoon Portrait Lord Sassoon
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It is important that the overseas territories recognise, as they do, and have a desire to be fully compliant with, international best practice in these areas. We encourage them to take any action in parallel with that taken domestically.