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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I think I was right at the very beginning not to speak for long on this set of amendments. Your Lordships filled in for me very adequately and expertly. The Minister…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyDo the same again.27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyWill the Minister go and count them again?27 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their support for this amendment. The Minister is right that much of this debate has been had before in Committee. He is also right when he…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his chair. Amendment 1 is in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Collins. This amendment is agnostic about what is thought about the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to both these amendments, which have my name. There might be an argument that the ends justify the means, but this does not deliver the ends.…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, very briefly, it is appreciated that the Minister has done this and that the Government have understood that there was ambiguity. In a sense, it is a shame that the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI think that was cancelled.25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 78 in my name and also more generally. I thank the team sitting behind the Minister who met me last week to try to see through this. I was…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am sorry. I appreciate the access that the Minister is giving us. I am really following up the point that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, made. The Government are not…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this has been a fantastic debate and I will not add any pearls of wisdom and substance, but I would just like to just say something about process in response to the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is with more than a little trepidation that I will speak on this group of amendments, with two noble and learned Lords sat behind me. In his opening observations, the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is true that the Minister is being asked to take on Treasury functions—having first talked about cryptocurrency, we are now dealing with this issue—and I look forward…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for a clear exposition of the government amendments. I do not think I can find anything to get upset about over them—disappointingly, as I always…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for introducing his amendments. I broadly support them from these Benches. I note, not churlishly, that this again boosts what Companies House knows but not…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I have just a couple of questions for the Minister. First, can he confirm that, in seeking to define a disqualification more clearly and explicitly—I think that is what…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillPerhaps the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, can confirm this at the end of the debate, but it is not clear to me whether losing your auditor before you appoint another would be reportable…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI think I was minded to recognise that. What I was interested to receive was the input that the Minister is using to make that point—in other words, for the results of the…20 Apr 2023