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HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI do agree. I listened closely to my right hon. Friend’s remarks. He said he might be the only small business owner currently in the Chamber, but he is talking to one. I have…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI have listened carefully to my right hon. and learned Friend’s points. He said a few seconds ago that this would relate only to fraud that benefits the body concerned. Paragraph…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI welcome the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) to her place. We worked closely together on the Treasury Committee and it is a pleasure to work across the…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is always a pleasure to speak with right hon. and hon. Members on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which they will know is close to my heart and contains…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendments 23B and 23C.13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWe used very similar analysis to that used for the failure to prevent bribery and failure to prevent tax evasion offences. We have used a common methodology. I have not seen any…13 Sept 2023HANSARDInsolvency Practitioner Regulation ReformThe Government have today published their response to their consultation “The Future of Insolvency Regulation”, which was published in December 2021. This consultation was open…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceOf course I will meet my right hon. Friend, and I am very happy to meet the campaigning organisation as well. The consultation found some support for NDAs when they helped victims…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceI will come on to some other points on that issue, including on the guidance that we have given to ACAS in that area. NDAs cannot prevent workers from reporting a crime to the…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Ali. I commend my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) for securing this debate and for her…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceYou absolutely said that the law allowed that.05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceThe hon. Lady speaks passionately, and I absolutely accept many of the comments made in the debate, but the law specifically does not allow a non-disclosure agreement to prevent…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy hon. Friend makes the other point, and these measures are about the delicate balance that we want to strike, ensuring that the right provisions are in place to prevent fraud…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his point and his work in this area. I will come on to that amendment, if I may, later in my remarks. He makes a valid point, and we…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIf I may, I will make a little progress on that point. We believe that the six non-Government amendments for debate would pose significant and disproportionate burdens on…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWhen the LSE looked at beneficial ownership, I think that it included tenants of properties rather than the ownership of properties, and the register of overseas entities only…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI do not accept that. It would be extraordinary if someone set up a business just for the purpose of keeping turnover below £36 million. Besides, it is already much easier to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe vast majority of the business community is honest and upstanding—that is the point. What we are trying to ensure is that those businesses are not disproportionately affected…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank all Members for their contributions. I will not reiterate all the points I made in my opening speech, which addressed many of the points raised in the debate but shall…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt would be if the hon. Gentleman’s numbers were right, but that is not what I said. Three thousand entities are not currently registered, to our knowledge. Many of those will…04 Sept 2023