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HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s remarks. As far as the enablers are concerned, we have legislation already on the statute book. As my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the reforms the Government will be bringing forward to improve transparency over the ownership of companies…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI welcome my right hon. Friend’s remarks. I pay tribute to him, and to Members on both sides of the House, for the excellent work that they have done in ensuring that the measures…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As my hon. Friend knows, there are three different stages to a Bill—introduction, publication and then Second Reading and…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI would like to make a point about donations to political parties. We all know that we do not have state-funded parties. Any citizen can fund and give donations to political…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeWhat the right hon. Member says about Companies House reform is not accurate at all. This set of measures will be the biggest reform to Companies House in 200 years. It is…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy hon. Friend is right. This idea that the City of London does not want regulation is a travesty and a disgrace. It is a slur on the reputation of our financial services. He is…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeAbsolutely. That is the point of this raft of measures. We want to shine the light of transparency on these transactions and to minimise the likelihood of people using our…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He says it may take a few months to get the register up and running, and I am trying to make the process as quick and effective as…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeAs I noted, observed and made very clear, we have a spending review settlement of £63 million for Companies House, which is a considerable uplift on previous budgets. There is a…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI am delighted to accept the hon. Lady’s warm words on the Bill. I am delighted that she is supporting it enthusiastically, and I am happy to engage with her on the passage of the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeIt was a slip.28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI have been very clear that it is the responsibility of every Member of this House to engage with these issues. I have not been informed about that interdiction by my Department…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeThis issue has been raised already, particularly by my right hon. Friend the Education Secretary, who is absolutely focused on making sure that our education system is not abused…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy hon. Friend will appreciate that the legislation proposed will set up a range of criminal offences. As is always the case with criminal offences, we will absolutely make sure…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI fully accept the hon. Gentleman’s point and I wish to put on record the fact that I corrected myself immediately—having said “the Ukraine”, I changed it to “Ukraine”. He makes a…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI think my hon. Friend is right. There is always a balance to be struck in legislation of this sort, but I think that, as he takes the temperature of the House, there is a real…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy hon. Friend makes a very good case. There are two aspects to this. Clearly, there is the immediate signalling aspect, which will affect people’s decisions in the here and now.…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI have answered this question before and I say, once again, that not everybody of Russian heritage giving money to any political party is an oligarch. I appreciate that the hon.…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeAbsolutely. I am not embarrassed at all in agreeing with my hon. Friend that London is a hub of international capital, which is one of the great strengths and glories of our…28 Feb 2022