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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyTwo or more of those.27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyBefore the noble Lord sits down, will he clarify Labour’s position from the Dispatch Box: that it would be happy with one clause that requires prevention procedures to apply to an…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyI appreciate that my noble friend is at the Home Office, but none the less can he give us a commitment that the Government will look again at the definitions used in the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyI join the sanctions party. I rise to say that, as this amendment has the support of Cross-Bench, Lib Dem and Labour Peers, I add my support, even if I missed out on adding my…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyI find some of these amendments tricky, really. Clearly, we are all keen to prevent fraud but I frequently wear the hat of the SME company. I should make the further declaration…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will make a disclosure further to my subsequent disclosure of being a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; I am also a member of the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, for this amendment, I will add to my previous disclosures that I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. By qualification, 40 years…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend. I am not surprised by his response, although one would have thought that a Bill on corporate transparency might stretch itself this far. In answer to what…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will not join the complete love-in but I will focus on the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, in particular on his provision that covers the point…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I confess that these amendments essentially offer me another bite of the cherry because they are almost exactly the same as amendments that appeared last time in respect…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my noble friend for his reply and repetition of some of the remarks he was kind enough to make at our last meeting. He has prompted me to remind the Committee, for the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillCaptivated as I was by the Minister’s mellifluous tones, I am not quite clear if he is saying that he is prepared to write to us about proposals for SIC codes or to meet us or…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill18 Apr 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationWill my noble friend the Minister have an opportunity during the recess to glance back at former Liberal Democrat policy statements, in particular the one from July 2019? Its…29 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I again welcome this Bill, as I set out at Second Reading. My noble friend is right: it has all-party support and is sorely needed. Likewise, it is reassuring to see the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, I was in the West Bank last week and I talked to Palestinians. They said—and this was supported by surveys—that they no longer believe in the two-state solution. They…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWhen my noble friend the Minister replies to this debate, I wonder whether he would consider accepting the amendment in due course with a de minimis size qualification. This would…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI take up the noble Baroness’s invitation to comment on this amendment, although I have just received a text from my mother who says that, having been called a business guru by…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAs a fellow chartered accountant, can I ask the noble Lord how his amendment would work in respect of trust? Does it mean that trustees are disclosed or that beneficiaries are…27 Mar 2023