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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the noble Baroness. I am perfectly prepared to accept that there is an international aspect. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is on the case, it has issued its warning…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIndeed. I suggest that I meet with my noble friend and we go through it with a fine-toothed comb. I am happy to meet with anybody else who wants to go through particular…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIndeed. I respectfully suggest to my noble friend that she may have copied the letter to which she refers to the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice recently.25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend for that intervention. I can certainly have that conversation. I do not want to give the impression that the Government are close-minded. We are very…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, perhaps I expressed myself a little loosely. Let me put it like this: in the Government’s view, this is not an area where we should introduce the criminal law, whether…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillCan I write to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, on that point?25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am afraid I cannot give the noble Lord a timetable. I cannot tell him how many people are working on it, but I can tell him that important work is being done. I am not in a…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, on that last point I had primarily in mind the amendments that seek to criminalise bringing cases before the courts, which is the subject of some of the amendments.25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI entirely accept that it is not impossible and, to take the phrase of a noble Lord earlier, that it is actually doable. I think that it was the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, who…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is the former. The second point here is that the Government are not happy, for reasons that I shall now, I hope, go into a little detail about, about the actual amendments…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAbsolutely. I will write to everybody after this debate and try to elaborate a little on what I have said. I hope noble Lords understand that in terms of my boss, I recently had a…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI can tell your Lordships that the Government have not been idle in preparing possible drafts to deal with this matter, and I am very happy to keep in close contact with noble…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I entirely understand the frustrations felt by my noble friend Lord Agnew and others. It is not to be ruled out that we could find an appropriate legislative vehicle for…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I warmly thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and who have spoken to me directly on this issue. I also thank noble Lords for the enormous amount of…25 Apr 2023HANSARDOffenders (Day of Release from Detention) BillMy Lords, first, I warmly thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for a characteristically compelling and very moving speech on this issue. I also thank him for the work he is doing—in…21 Apr 2023HANSARDPrison Officers: RetirementMy Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, for tabling this Question and all noble Lords who have spoken this afternoon. I will try to explain the Government’s position but,…30 Mar 2023HANSARDJurors: Mental Health ImpactMy Lords, I will gladly look at what happens in Scotland—I believe there is a service provided through NHS Lothian. I am not sure I can undertake to follow a Scottish example;…28 Mar 2023HANSARDJurors: Mental Health ImpactMy Lords, it is unusual to have so many opportunities to agree with noble Lords opposite. I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord West. Although we have had a moment of levity…28 Mar 2023HANSARDJurors: Mental Health ImpactWould it be offered to jurors who served on a jury in relation to the late Prime Minister? I do not think I can answer that question.28 Mar 2023HANSARDJurors: Mental Health ImpactI entirely share the sentiment expressed by the noble Lord.28 Mar 2023