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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am going through a slightly different point in this amendment, if the noble Lord will forgive me. I can confirm that it is a criminal offence. There is a published tariff that…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall speak to government Amendments 76H, 77A, 77B, 77E, 77F, 77G, 77H, 77J, 77K and 77L, on the register of overseas entities provisions in Part 3 of the Bill—I am…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate that intervention. As I said, I would be happy to write with specific information as I do not have details on all 28,000 registered businesses. The point I want to…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI greatly appreciate the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, flagging so well the sentence that I was about to deliver. I would like to investigate further, personally as a Minister and for…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank noble Lords; at this stage, I feel that we are operating as one team to make sure that we are creating good legislation, which is very important. I am grateful to all…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate the input of all noble Lords in this Committee. That period comprises the implementation, when the Act came into force, and the compliance date. Effectively, the law…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for that further clarification. As I said, I am very aware of our desire to make sure that the register is clear and transparent, and to make sure…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI was coming on to make that point. I do not disagree with the philosophy of the noble Lord’s points; my point is that it is reasonable to look at this from every angle. I think…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillCan I just finish this particular flow of information, because I will cease to remember it if I do not get it out? I believe we have 12 Foreign Office crime experts located around…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend and guru Lord Leigh for his Amendment 73AA, and the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord Ponsonby, for their contributions. I assure my noble friend that this…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am constantly grateful to my noble friend Lord Agnew for his interventions and thoughtful input. I am pleased to say that we have to look forward—unfortunately not today, but…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will speak first to government Amendments 73B to 73E, 73G to 73J, 73N, 74A and 74B—I hope I have read them out in the correct order—on the application of…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am not surprised that the noble Lord and a Member of this Committee has corrected me on that specific point; my tone may have been misunderstood. However, I hope he understood…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble and learned friend for that point. Going back to the comment the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, made about the statistics on registered entities, I understand that…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am just coming on to that. The noble Baroness, Lady Blake, is right to ask for there to be a running total, because a further 717 overseas entities have complied in the recent…20 Apr 2023