:00:00. > :00:10.resolution 17. To be moved by Roger Mullin MP. And seconded by @lice and
:00:11. > :00:15.MP. Thank you for giving a short extension to allow this to be held.
:00:16. > :00:21.I'll try to be briefer than I normally am, to allow Alison to have
:00:22. > :00:25.a few words after me. If yot're leaving the hall can you do so as
:00:26. > :00:31.quietly as possible. So the remaining speakers can be hdard
:00:32. > :00:35.Thank you. Sorry, Roger, carry on. Justice begins at home. We often
:00:36. > :00:41.hear that phrase. But justice doesn't have any borders and is not
:00:42. > :00:45.confined by geography. This is about justice we want to do to our fellow
:00:46. > :00:49.citizens in the poorest countries in the world. In a few weeks I'm
:00:50. > :00:55.bringing forward in Westminster a private members will to deal with
:00:56. > :00:58.international tax justice and I want to pay tribute to the help H'm
:00:59. > :01:08.receiving from that wonderftl charity action aid. Before H became
:01:09. > :01:11.an MP I undertook 27 intern`tional assignments. Mainly in the
:01:12. > :01:17.developing world for United Nations agencies. I saw only too cldarly the
:01:18. > :01:21.results of some old-fashiondd tax treaties the UK have had with some
:01:22. > :01:29.of the poorest countries in the world. Many of these tax trdaties
:01:30. > :01:35.remain in place from the daxs of the Empire. Alison will give an example
:01:36. > :01:40.of one. One of the most awftl things is that since 1970 the Unitdd
:01:41. > :01:46.Kingdom, more than any other country in the world, has formed new tax
:01:47. > :01:52.treaties that do harm to developing world countries. Conference, we
:01:53. > :01:58.don't want to build a new Scotland on the backs of the poorest people
:01:59. > :02:05.in the world. That must be our message to the international
:02:06. > :02:11.community. What do these tax treaties do? They prevent, they act
:02:12. > :02:18.on behalf of corporations to prevent the poorest countries in thd world
:02:19. > :02:22.getting their proper due out of taxation. They make these countries
:02:23. > :02:27.continuing to be dependent. They deny them the resources to hnvest
:02:28. > :02:31.and become more self-suffichent These are some of the most
:02:32. > :02:36.illogical, but also immoral, treaties that this United Khngdom
:02:37. > :02:40.government of both political persuasions, in the past has formed
:02:41. > :02:46.with the developing world. Conference, I ask you to support
:02:47. > :02:52.this. APPLAUSE Allyson
:02:53. > :02:58.my colleague and friend Rogdr Mullin has laid down in some detail the
:02:59. > :03:01.injustice being done by the UK to some of the poorest countrids and
:03:02. > :03:05.some of the poorest people hn the world. I'd like to touch on a
:03:06. > :03:08.particular country which has strong links to Scotland, the country of
:03:09. > :03:12.Malawi, which is dear to thd heart of my good friend Patrick Grady
:03:13. > :03:18.He's done a lot of work on this with the Scotland- Malawi partnership.
:03:19. > :03:25.Delegates, companies in the UK are the third largest investors in
:03:26. > :03:31.Malawi. As a result of the 0955 tax deal, these UK companies pax little
:03:32. > :03:38.or no tax. Malawi's Treaty hs utterly outdated and it was signed
:03:39. > :03:42.by the British governor. On behalf of Southern Rhodesia. The ilpact of
:03:43. > :03:45.the deal is felt in front lhne services in the country, it's money
:03:46. > :03:50.being robbed from the poorest people in the world with the endorsement of
:03:51. > :03:56.the UK Government and the ilpact is very real. The executive director of
:03:57. > :04:01.the National organisation of nurses and midwives of Malawi has said one
:04:02. > :04:05.nurse may be looking after 80 patients, they cannot managd to
:04:06. > :04:08.provide the quality care th`t is required because their workload is
:04:09. > :04:13.too heavy. If the companies developed tax, they should know they
:04:14. > :04:18.are killing people because that money could have been used hn so
:04:19. > :04:22.many ways. Buying drugs, supplies, paying nurses, paying doctors.
:04:23. > :04:26.Conference, there is wide cross-party support in Scotland on
:04:27. > :04:31.this issue. Scotland is a ldading example of the campaign for tax
:04:32. > :04:35.Justice and we won't rest until this is righted. The Brexiteers `re never
:04:36. > :04:41.done telling us how they want to open up to new markets around the
:04:42. > :04:46.world. A start to opening up these markets would be a gesture of
:04:47. > :04:48.goodwill, a gesture of solidarity. Rebuilding the trust of these
:04:49. > :04:53.countries around the world `nd scrapping these colonial relics to
:04:54. > :04:57.make tax fair. Conference, H very much look forward to the dax
:04:58. > :05:01.independent Scotland can re`ch out to the world and make its own deals
:05:02. > :05:09.but until then we must keep as much pressure on the UK Government to
:05:10. > :05:14.scrap these tax deals and to make tax fair. Conference, I've no cards
:05:15. > :05:22.in against this resolution, can we pass it by clean? That's thd end of
:05:23. > :05:23.our sessions for today, conference. Have a great evening see yot all
:05:24. > :05:26.tomorrow.