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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAt this stage, I believe it would be appropriate to consider further the amendment.27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to noble Lords for their input. I hope they felt, over the last few hours of very productive debate, that the intentions of this Government and…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I begin by apologising for my lack of fluidity in the procedures of Committee stage—I have not taken such a complex and important Bill through before, so I am grateful…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the noble Lords, Lord Vaux and Lord Leigh, the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, and the noble Lords, Lord Thomas and Lord Clement-Jones, for their contribution to the debate on…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe company is obliged to register if there is a person with significant control or someone with more than 25%. If it is not truthful in that registration, it will be committing…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate the noble Lord’s intervention. I expect some of this comes down to nominee companies and the roles that they perform on shareholder registers, but I am happy to look…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate the noble Lord’s comment about the Crown dependencies. I am happy to confirm that this debate develops the specific answer to his question. My assumption would be…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI greatly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for speaking in this debate and for tabling Amendment 13, to which I will now respond. All these amendments are concerned with…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I draw the Committee’s attention to my interests as set out in the register, including as a director and person with significant control of AMP Ventures Ltd and as a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI really thank noble Lords for their contributions. Not for the first time in this House I am surrounded by people who know far more than I do about the subject, with business…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate that intervention. Our view is that if we legislate specifically for a risk-based approach, on top of what we believe is already a risk-based approach, we are not…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend for that comment, and I entirely agree that it would be extremely useful to have such a letter from the registrar. I take very seriously the comments about…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the noble Lord for his comments. I do not want noble Lords at any point to think that I am being defensive in any way, as we are having a collaborative debate around the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate my noble friend’s comments. I do not believe that I suggested at any point that this was not baked into the cake of what Companies House is expected to deliver. I…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI appreciate the noble Lord’s comment. We have discussed this at some length. I am personally very comfortable defining further the usage of “minimise”, but the intention is very…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for accommodating this intervention. I thought it would aid noble Lords in having a productive debate if I set out up front the intention of the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Mar 2023