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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 73A, which I apologise is a late manuscript amendment, with two supporting amendments. This is not in any way a change of the wording of my…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I rise because I hope that I might be able to provide some help to my noble friend the Minister, as this is obviously not his area of expertise; this is at the Companies…11 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I rise to support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, in particular Amendment 106B. He is becoming quite an expert on an area that has troubled me for…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. I welcome our new Minister to the hot seat. I will not speak for long because we have heard the main…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for his explanation. I am afraid that I do not accept it, but I understand the convention that I need to withdraw my amendment. However, I…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillCould my noble friend explain why this overturns precedence, while the Act last year on unexplained wealth orders does not? That is why I am so confused.09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillGiven that my noble friend the Minister is going to take the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, on recruitment back, I encourage him to look at the report by Andrew…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this amendment would help to protect enforcement bodies from the serious risk of high adverse costs when undertaking recovery action against deep-pocketed suspects who…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyCan my noble friend confirm the figure the noble Lord, Lord Macdonald, put forward: that about 99% of businesses will be excluded? That was the figure that I found, but I would…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, first, I congratulate the Government on bringing forward an amendment—it is at least a start. My noble friend the Minister said that he enjoys a lively debate and was…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, my Amendment 79 asks that HMRC be given a specific requirement to prioritise the exercise of its AML supervisory role. The reason I ask is the criticism that the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I speak in favour of my own amendment, which is part of this group—Amendment 86, which is about asking for prioritisation of SARs reporting. Just to set the scene for…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Fox, in his amendment to make sure we have a review point quite soon after this Bill. I acknowledge my noble friend Lady Altmann’s point…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister talks about introducing some SLAPPs legislation “without undue delay”, but there is no possibility of a timetable to introduce that. We are only 15 or so months away…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI support Amendment 80, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, and the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Stowell and the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell. I think there is a…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg leave to withdraw my amendment.25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am sorry to interrupt my noble friend but, given that he is now embarking on an intellectual journey on this subject and that we are not sure when that journey may conclude, I…20 Apr 2023