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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)No, that is not the case.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)On the hon. Lady’s point relating to amendment 35 regarding an address that might be removed from public view, a person could apply to the registrar because their address has been…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 18, in clause 108, page 86, line 32, at end insert “, and (b) confirming that the proposed registered officer meets the requirement in section 8K(1)(c)(i)…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)I think the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Aberavon, had two main queries. On the type of circumstance in which a certificate would be issued, it is impossible to predict…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 94 amends the general false statement offence in section 1112 of the Companies Act 2006 to create two separate offences: a basic offence and an aggravated offence. The Bill…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Local authorities are a subset of public authorities. Question put and agreed to. Clause 90 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Schedule 3 Disclosure of information:…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Lady is quite right. Exemptions might be applied where somebody’s identity can be confirmed without verification. An example could be a director appointed by the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)A few minor points have been made additional to the ones that have been discussed before. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston, asked about the corporate…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 25, in clause 108, page 91, line 6, at end insert— “8PA Regulations about change of registered officers’ addresses by registrar (1) The Secretary of State…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)Sometimes in life, things happen and it may well be that they are not drawn to the attention of the general partner. The hon. Lady may think there should be a requirement on the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)As I have just set out to the Committee, clause 89, as amended, will enable Companies House fees to be used to fund enforcement and prosecution action against companies and other…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)That may be something that the right hon. Lady wants to table, but this is a significant commitment, both in terms of legislation and resourcing. I cannot imagine a situation…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)I do not accept that the two things—inflation and the resources needed by Companies House—necessarily correlate. Salaries do not rise automatically on that basis. As the right…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is £400 million over the spending period.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Sorry, I did not catch that. Will the hon. Gentleman repeat the question? I do apologise.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)The right hon. Member for Barking went to a very tough school. She is not an easy person to please. Quite rightly, she is very demanding of more action in various areas; I support…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 100 and schedule 4 significantly increase the amount of information that must be provided about a new limited partnership and its prospective partners, and, subsequently,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)Limited partnerships are tax transparent, meaning that the individuals that are part of the limited partnership pay tax, rather than the limited partnership itself. In many cases,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eleventh sitting)As the hon. Member for Glasgow Central knows, the new provisions apply to Scottish limited partnerships, as well as limited partnerships. She is absolutely right to say that it is…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think it passes that test; it certainly seems to pass the test of the new clause tabled by the right hon. Member for Barking. In her remarks, she said that we are just looking…15 Nov 2022