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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the Minister confirm whether the action of Companies House under this clause should be part of the annual report to Parliament?15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Let us see where we get with this one—I will have another go. This is a vital amendment and I hope that the Government will listen carefully, because it would go a long way to…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)The Minister knows that that is not necessarily to fight economic crime, but to fight other crimes. I was talking about the economic crime levy and those are the figures that I…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)I would like to press amendment 84 to a vote, but I do not intend to press amendment 80. Question put, That the amendment be made.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister and I agree with him that what we are all attempting to do here is trying to clean up the act in the UK. Some of our amendments are pragmatic, and I…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am not going to recap, because we want to make progress, but I hope the Minister is listening. We are talking about a way of improving transparency, accepting that the new…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, in companies; no, I mean in limited partnerships. Apologies.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)Even in that case, why not have a natural person—a named individual? I just do not get it.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)May I ask a question on that? It is relevant to later amendments. I do not know whether the Minister or his officials can help, but can Companies House stop a request for…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)For complete clarity, there will be a risk-based system of checks on documents provided as a mechanism for ensuring the accuracy of the documents that are submitted.08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)This is a question to aid understanding. This provision sets out the duties of the registrar in relation to documents, but the documents will actually be checked by the company…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)Again, I am really asking for information. It would be interesting to learn whether the Minister knows how many overseas entities have been registered since the enactment of the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)I do not think any of us understood a word of that. It would be really nice if the Minister could explain it in black and white, because I just could not get what that was getting…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)I know that we share the objectives, but I feel very frustrated by the inability to decide whether a risk assessment and a risk-based assessment are the same. For the life of me,…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)rose —08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)This is becoming a rather absurd psephological debate. I have just asked my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill whether I have got the wording wrong—whether…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)Ah, that is a valid point, and I think the article deals with it. Some entities will own more than a few properties, but—sorry, I am just looking to see whether the article does…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes. The law is being broken but nobody is pursuing those who are guilty. These are all reasons for closely monitoring data on persons of significant control. The measure would…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)No. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 116, in clause 88, page 68, line 17, at end insert— ‘(1A) As part of the…08 Nov 2022