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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister is misinterpreting our approach. I am sorry if he reads it that way, but I agree that we are not asking for 100%. He calls it a risk-based assessment; I call it a…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)Were I asking that, that would be unreasonable but if the Minister takes all my amendments together, he will see that they and others talk about a risk-based assessment of the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)But when we come to the new clauses, which we will discuss later, they say “risk-based”. It is a risk-based assessment. Perhaps the Minister could explain what the difference is.08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)And presumably the policeman does not knock on every door.08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)At the moment, the Bill says—I can’t read it because there is no bloody light! It is a thing that as you get old, your eyes aren’t brilliant: “The registrar must carry out such…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I seek your guidance, Mr Robertson: we are talking about clause 60, are we not?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)Similarly, I will take the matter up elsewhere during the course of the Bill.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)No, I did not. I said that none of the professions has sufficient supervisory or regulatory capabilities, policies or practices in place to pull out the bad apples. I have nowhere…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)That is not what I said. The hon. Gentleman may have chosen to interpret it that way—03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to rise to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and I do so to speak to amendment 78. The amendment is part of a batch of amendments that we will get to…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for saying that he will return to Parliament, but new clause 27 is designed to ensure that there is an annual report to Parliament. That means that…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes; the others come later. After the excellent speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon, I will speak briefly. I have two things to say. We will come back to the issue of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I ask the question for a reason. I did not intervene during the previous debate, but the Minister might know—I certainly do—that thousands and thousands of microbusinesses are…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)If a false statement is put in. I mean, I was just—03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)What happens if it is a false statement? Who will uncover that?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)This is a question of clarification: if a director is disqualified, can he or she still act as a shadow director?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)I just wish to tell the Committee that I will write to Companies House and see what response I get from the chief executive or director. Subject to that, at this stage, I will not…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)But under the legislation, companies will have to provide information on changes of directorships and so on within 28 days, we hope—we had this argument yesterday—so Companies…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Obviously, Companies House has not had to do this to date; it has just been a library of dud data, really. What I was drawing to the Minister’s attention—I am sure he agrees with…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Elliott. I rise to speak to amendment 83. I did not quite understand the Minister’s attack on or dismissal of it on the basis…03 Nov 2022