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HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. Relevant document: 1 2th Report from the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations have been laid to amend the definition of high-risk third countries in the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on…13 Feb 2024HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am very grateful to both noble Lords for their support for this SI, which I believe is entirely sensible. One of the things that I was unable to bring out in the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I am very grateful to both noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate on a topic of great interest to all of us pensioners. I, for one, am looking forward…13 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, this draft statutory instrument makes an update to financial services legislation to make operating a pensions dashboard service a Financial Conduct…13 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024.13 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsThe certificates are a slightly different issue because of course that will depend on the overseas countries accepting a digital form, which I suspect may be slightly more…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsThe A1 certificates are issued all the time. As the noble Lord, Lord Livermore, pointed out, in many cases a worker needs a certificate for every time they go to a certain…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsIt is not entirely right that costs incurred in the EEA should be offset against UK tax; that would seem slightly odd. However, I reassure the noble Lord that of course some of…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsAs I explained in my opening remarks, the forms are now digital.12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsMy Lords, HMRC is rolling out significant improvements to the application process by allocating extra resources to help answer phone calls and deal with correspondence across all…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsI know that obviously the DCMS and colleagues across government are working very closely with the EU and indeed with individual member states to support musicians, and 23 out of…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsI am grateful to the noble Earl for raising this issue. I reassure him that my inquiries in the Treasury have caused one or two minor waves in ensuring that this gets the priority…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsThe Beatles split up the year I was born so I do not have as long a memory as the noble Lord. However, the Government are very focused on developing our emerging artists and…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsI absolutely agree with the noble Lord that the UK has one of the finest music industries in the world, which of course includes rock music but also classical music and opera. It…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsMy Lords, I had not expected this to get into a Brexit ding-dong per se. The UK was more ambitious than the EU when it came to negotiating the trade and co-operation agreement but…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsThe orchestra tax higher rate has been extended to the end of the 2024-25 tax year and then a taper will be put in place. It is worth noting that the orchestra tax relief has been…12 Feb 2024HANSARDBuy Now, Pay Later: RegulationWe will act by publishing the results of the consultation and our response to it in due course.07 Feb 2024HANSARDBuy Now, Pay Later: RegulationI do not always. There seems to be a “computer says no” attitude to newfangled things. I absolutely reject that. While noble Lords may or may not use buy now, pay later, I know…07 Feb 2024HANSARDBuy Now, Pay Later: RegulationWhile it is fair to say that buy now, pay later itself is not regulated, many elements of getting out to consumers are regulated. The broader consumer protection legislation which…07 Feb 2024