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HANSARDEconomic 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 BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendment 63 to Clause 90. I refer to my interests as set out in the register. I am a director of several companies and a person with significant control…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my amendment on designated persons. The Minister is already dealing with this issue in some of his own amendments, but I stress that mine would be a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will speak to my amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has done a lot of the heavy lifting, so I will not repeat all his arguments. I take some comfort that he makes…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, if my noble friend wants my amendment not to be moved, would it be possible for the registrar to write to us to explain her philosophy and how she is going to make this…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for his offer to have an ongoing conversation about this, because that is how you achieve the best results in these things. This very formal and rigid process…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg leave to withdraw the amendment.27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this amendment builds on my opening comments in relation to Amendment 44 and goes to the core of the Bill and transparency. It asks that shareholders with more than a 5%…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI refer noble Lords to my entry in the register of interests, as an adviser to Manolete, a litigation funder. I warmly welcome our noble friend the Minister to his new role. I am…08 Feb 2023HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that regional schools directors are civil servants. I am sure my noble friend the Minister will confirm that there are no proposed…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I too thank my noble friend the Minister for listening, I think she has had a torrid time over the last six weeks, and has done it with great courtesy and patience. I am…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make a couple of observations. First, I strongly agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, and the noble Lord, Lord Knight, about the grouping of the…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an important question, but, again, I would be looking for the output, not the input—in other words, when asking whether teachers should be qualified, it is the…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support my noble friend Lord Lucas on protecting these freedoms and to try to cross the bridge between the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and the noble…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]That is a very good question. I can tell the noble Lord candidly that when I arrived in that post in September 2017 it was more than 1%. In my first few weeks in office, I was…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I draw to your Lordships’ attention my relevant interest in the register as the deputy chairman of the Inspiration academy trust. Although I have been here for nearly…08 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, I shall speak in support of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and his Amendment 17. I recognise that the Government have made big strides in the last few days to…14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI really want to carry on in a similar vein to earlier comments, and what my Amendment 3 is trying to do is to give more levers to government and enforcement agencies to force out…14 Mar 2022