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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I wish I had brought some of my previous notes with me. What evidence does the Minister have of that, apart from HMRC telling us that?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 (Seventeenth sitting)I heard the Minister’s words with gloom. Initially, the Government put out a consultation with four options, and to speed it up, we decided to go with the weakest of 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 do not know whether I have the quote here from the previous HMRC permanent secretary—I will dig it up and send it to the Minister—but he actually said, in evidence to the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I rise to make the simple point that the new clause is not a technical amendment; it is about an issue of…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I would not use the example of unexplained wealth orders. They have not worked in the way that we had all hoped and intended. On the failure to prevent bribery, if we think of 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 (Eighteenth sitting)I have raised this issue with the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield, who now sits in the Foreign Office, but I do not think it is entirely within his portfolio. Will the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I would.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 (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)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 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 (Sixteenth sitting)This is an issue for clarification, because it impacts on whether we move our new clause 59. Will the information that we are now going to get about trustees and beneficiaries be…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifteenth sitting)We have raised a number of amendments to the Bill during the course of consideration in Committee, many of which I consider to be technical and things that would improve the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I concur entirely with the remarks by my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon, but I want to ask a couple of questions. First, the Minister will know that we are considering how we…22 Nov 2022HANSARDSupporting UK Artists and CultureI am very pleased to rise under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) on having secured this debate. I should declare…22 Nov 2022HANSARDSupporting UK Artists and CultureWill the Minister give way?22 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixteenth sitting)So it does not do it.22 Nov 2022