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HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: Compensation PaymentsFujitsu has acknowledged a moral obligation to support the Government in respect of the financial redress that should rightly be made to the victims of this scandal. We are…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: Compensation PaymentsThe purpose of the Sir Wyn Williams review is specifically to look at how this was able to occur within the Post Office, and make sure that those lessons have been learned. We are…11 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I think that you talk to the problem at hand, which is how you balance off disclosure from harm. There will often be legitimate reasons for wanting to access this information, but…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I absolutely will write to the noble Lord to follow up on that. I was asked whether Companies House is equipped to deal with this volume of applications and what the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025First, I thank noble Lords. It is a pleasure to hear from what was clearly the dream team, back when this was established, of the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe, Lord Vaux and Lord Fox.…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, noble Lords will be aware that, since 2022, the UK has kept a beneficial ownership register of overseas entities owning property in the UK, which I will refer to as the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 12th Report from the Secondary…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025To take the second question first, that is correct. The beneficial owner will not automatically receive notice that they have had this request around their information, or that…03 Feb 2025HANSARDEU LawI thank the noble Lord for that question. That is something that we are willing to discuss.28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawOn the possibility of a chemicals agreement, as we have said, we will work to improve the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the EU across a wide range of areas,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawI cannot comment on the specifics of the exact regulation that may or may not be coming. With regard to the trading relationship and making sure we have trade agreements in place,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawI would stand by our position that economic growth is an important factor. Understanding the skills required to accomplish that growth is something this Government take very…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawI thank my noble friend for that question. We completely agree that economic growth within the UK is our number one priority. A great way to achieve that is by freshening the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawThe Government’s priorities are around driving economic growth within the UK, and I firmly believe that regulation has an important role to make sure that that growth is not…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawWe will continue to co-operate with European partners on regulatory matters wherever possible and we have held constructive discussions with the EU areas of mutual benefit. But…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawThe retained EU law Act 2023 largely ended the special status of retained EU law. It did this by removing the majority of EU-derived interpretative effects. From 1 January 2024,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawI thank the noble Baroness for the warm welcome. With regard to REACH, we held a consultation on an alternative transitional registration model for the UK REACH chemicals regime…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawI thank the noble Lord for the question. The Government are committed to driving economic growth and working hand in hand with the regulators to make sure that that growth can be…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawWe are resetting the relationship with our European friends to strengthen ties, secure a broad-based security pact and tackle barriers to trade. We are working with the EU to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawMy Lords, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 largely removed the special status of REUL at the end of 31 December 2023, and REUL that had not yet been revoked…28 Jan 2025