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HANSARDTributes to Baroness BoothroydAlways. Betty said to him: “This is so time-consuming. Come on, Mr. Hughes: spit it out.” —[ Official Report , 18 March 1997; Vol. 292, c. 719.] He then sat down, completely…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy thanks to the right hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Sajid Javid) and others for co-sponsoring the debate, and to the right hon. Member for his excellent speech. Holocaust Memorial…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am sorry to interrupt the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s excellent speech again, but does he share my view that we are past the stage of consultation? There has been a lot…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI shall be very brief, because I took a lot of time in the House yesterday. I strongly support many of the new clauses being moved by Back Benchers across the Chamber today. If I…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI want to add to the excellent speech that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is making and to thank him for it. In the Barclays case, there was an attempt to prosecute both…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThis is not our idea. It comes from a recent seminar we held with lawyers who support the Royal United Services Institute and Spotlight on Corruption. I will leave it to the hon.…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillFurther to that point, does my hon. Friend agree, and I hope that the Government agree, that if they were more assertive in pursuing the people who enable economic crime and those…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful for the assurance that an amendment will be introduced in another place, but may I also have an assurance that it will cover both corporations and individual…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIndeed, and we considered an amendment in yesterday’s debate to address that specific issue, so that any funds arising from a confiscation order, or other such order, could be…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the Minister expand on that interesting point? How would any of the amendments on SLAPPs, a duty to prevent or seizing assets limit what could be done in future?25 Jan 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeI have to say that I had never seen such a case of lack of professionalism, lack of integrity and lack of accountability as this one. It absolutely astounded me: I thought it was…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister. I am having a senior moment. The SFO had clearly prepared the case badly, but there was a discovery point that got the litigation thrown out of court, and a…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIf that has been proposed, it has not been proposed in the Bill. I am not hostile to that; it is a perfectly good suggestion. At the moment, all we have is a fee which we are…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point, because we legislated last year to create a register of properties that are owned through corporations in foreign jurisdictions, but I…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will give way to the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) and then I will give way to the Minister.24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the Minister give way?24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is an important clause—I agree with the Minister on that—but equally, if we introduce a duty to ensure that persons with significant control of companies are who they say they…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAbsolutely. The Minister always assures us that he will be on top of it, but he will not be there forever, much as he might like to be. We therefore have to embed these issues in…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe hon. Member makes a valid point, as he always does. That is a parallel argument for ensuring proper supervision and regulation and then checking and disciplining people in a…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWell, an estimate must be available, because we know where we are in the cycle. We know that somewhere or other this is being discussed. If the estimate changes, there is nothing…24 Jan 2023