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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause relates to another issue on which there is cross-party support: reform of whistleblowing. It has been put…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I agree that we have to think carefully, but setting up an office for whistleblowing, which is what our new clause would do, could be the start. We might get some proper expertise…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I hear what the Minister says. I simply say to him that finding legislative time will be a battle, so I hope that he has some mechanism to get the reform through.29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I hear that. This matter will be debated by others on Report. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 79 Identification doctrine “(1) A…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This goes with the failure to prevent, so I will not speak to the new clause. It literally just sorts out the legalese to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Yes, because I want it on the record. I am just conscious that Members want to get on, and that the argument is the same.29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I forgot to thank you, Mr Robertson, for chairing the Committee and for showing such an interest in what we are doing. I also thank the Ministers and Members of all parties who…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I will not at this point press the new clause to a vote, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 80 Forfeiture of recoverable…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I will speak to this very quickly, too. This is an interesting new clause, because its purpose is to tackle the issue of suspicious wealth remaining frozen in bank accounts and…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)That is not a brilliant argument, but I will pursue this issue on Report, as we are doing with other issues around seizing and freezing assets. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The Minister often says this, but there are two issues here. If the trust or any of these entities are for legitimate purposes, the people involved should have absolutely no fear…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Thank you very much, Sir Christopher. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 50 Requirement for UK-resident director ‘(1) The Companies…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Usmanov is the better example, although I could have talked about Gutseriev or Fedotov, or about Azerbaijan—I had a debate in the House on the leading family of Azerbaijan. The…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. We touched on this issue last week. The new clause is what I consider to be another perfectly sensible, rational, pragmatic…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I hear what the Minister says, but I think we will just be setting up another duff register unless we get the regulation of those company service providers toughened up at the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)First, will the Minister describe the action that, according to him, the Government are taking? I do not understand what action they are taking. Secondly, the new clauses that my…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)To be honest, I do not think that would prevent the impact that the fear of incurring costs would have on how any of the agencies operate. Everyone in the House has great respect…24 Nov 2022