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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, with very deep reluctance, I will withdraw it, but I want to leave on the record that the self-proclaimed “very good” Amendment 76H could be truly excellent if the…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords—20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the amendments and want to make a couple of points. First, it is not a very ambitious request that we are making of these territories: simply that they have…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I probably ought to start by checking with my noble friend the Minister and his officials that his own amendment, Amendment 76H, does not solve the problem that I am…20 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 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillCan my noble friend confirm that all the information he has just listed will be available for public inspection so that we do not get back into this cul-de-sac of my earlier…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI strongly support these very sensible proposals from the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, which really show why hereditary Peers still have such an important role in this House. It will be…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for his comprehensive answer. He has been very reassuring. I just want to re-emphasise the important points made by the noble Lords, Lord…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will treat Amendments 74 to 76 together because they all try to achieve the same thing: to ensure a similar level of transparency for limited partnerships, limited…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I apologise; I should have dealt with my amendments when I stood up originally. I will deal with the three that I think are relevant now: Amendments 49, 51 and 63. I…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I just want to come in on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, on micro-accounts. It was actually 11,000 companies that were registered to this poor man’s…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister very comprehensively dismissed my amendments, but earlier in the debate he committed to thinking much more carefully about bringing much more transparency to the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby. I will deal with my own suggestions in a bit more detail in a moment but I want to shake the Government out…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIs the Minister suggesting that he will clarify the noble Baroness’s point? The wording in Clause 187(1) it quite specific in saying “operation”. Is he saying that he wants this…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, to build on the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, again, this is a wonderful opportunity to do something that will put our enforcement agencies on to a much…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am sorry to intervene but I just want to say something. The Minister agreed with all of us that the crime-fighting agencies need to be properly funded but he did not explain how…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill my noble friend clarify the annual filing fee? He mentioned that the one-off fee will go up to around £50. Can he give us any sense about the second fee? I think it is more…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will just wrap up my amendments. I am afraid that I agree with both the noble Lords, Lord Coaker and Lord Fox, that there does not seem to be a strategy for fighting economic…18 Apr 2023