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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On top of all the very important points that you have made, I think one of the things that I am left with from your evidence, Catherine, is that we have to ensure that the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for that, Jason. You have given an example already, but I was wondering about the international context. We have Companies House. Can you give me an example of the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That was my point, really. We have accepted the point about resources, but Companies House was described by one of the directors we heard from as a passive organisation in…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Forgive my naivety, but it usually takes a company or a legal entity about 15 minutes to register with Companies House. The intention behind that is for money laundering…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Just in general, using the banks as an example, should we be looking to put in the Bill requirements for them to play their part in the partnership to tackle money laundering?…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Ms Crotty? Michelle Crotty: The same—anything that allows us to identify the people behind it and then to use that to follow up with lines of inquiry. Capacity is certainly…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q What is your view of how clauses 1 to 98—part 1 of the Bill—regarding Companies House reform can assist law enforcement to tackle economic crime more effectively? Commander…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q The first two words of the Bill’s title are “Economic Crime”. I think you said, Mr Swain, that you are a passive registry organisation, so how does the Bill help you to turn…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q I am assuming, Mr Searle, that as somebody in your position, you want to see the transformation of this organisation from a passive organisation to a partner that will work with…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Justice Committee — [Interruption.]18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Justice Committee, of which I am a member, published our report on IPP—imprisonment for public protection—sentences on 28 September. There was a very clear recommendation that…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenThe 22nd of October 1954 was a rainy, cold day in Bury, but thousands of people lined the streets, waiting for hours in the pouring rain to see the young Queen Elizabeth and the…10 Sept 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThere have been some serious contributions today, and one of them has been quite enlightening. I have often wondered what people see in the Scottish National party Government—a…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThey have bankrupted it, and they have one of the worst drug problems in the west. They are the absolute definition of incompetence— [ Interruption. ] Absolutely not! No more…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentLet us turn to the record. We have covered the SNP’s record, so let us see the record of the Labour party in Greater Manchester that my constituents are faced with. With that…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI will withdraw that, Madam Deputy Speaker. All I will say is that within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury we have another levelling-up fund bid in for the people of Radcliffe, a…18 Jul 2022HANSARDPets (Microchips)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision regarding pets with microchips; and for connected purposes. This is the third time I have stood up to…12 Jul 2022HANSARDFlooding: Irwell Vale and Surrounding AreasMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech outlining the threat posed by the River Irwell, pretty though it is. The Government have recognised that. In my constituency,…29 Jun 2022HANSARDFlooding: Irwell Vale and Surrounding AreasThis is an excellent scheme with a fantastic champion, but all communities need to be protected. Ramsbottom in my constituency is a mile and a half down the road from Irwell Vale.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDFlooding: Irwell Vale and Surrounding AreasAnd obviously Waterside.29 Jun 2022