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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister has not actually addressed Amendment 77AA, which is an amendment to his Amendment 77A. I apologise for amending his amendment again.20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister might be coming on to this but, when he says “compliance”, that means an entity has made a filing; it does not necessarily mean that the filing itself is compliant.…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Agnew. To follow up on what has just been said, at the date of Second Reading, approximately half of the…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyMy Lords, the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee heard a lot of evidence that young people are particularly susceptible to fraud and also to being conned into becoming…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to the three amendments in my name in this group, Amendments 77AA, 77C and 77D. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for her support for the latter…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI do not think anyone disagrees with the Minister. I said as much when I introduced my amendments, as I am conscious that the way that the Bill works means that there is a risk to…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, in the light of what we have just heard, I want to touch on the micro-company side of things. Micro-companies may be small but they are not unimportant. They are…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this discussion about how we fight economic crime would be an awful lot easier and better informed if we had seen the Government’s national fraud strategy, which I…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I intended to sign Amendment 72, but I was beaten in the stampede to support it, which must in itself say something about the quality of the amendment. Amendment 64 in…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for that helpful answer. I am somewhat reassured; the “behind the scenes” use of the unique identifier to make sure of the connections between different…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 53; I hope to be fairly brief. It is related, in a way, to Amendment 48A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, which we spoke about…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIn our debate on the previous group, I asked the Minister what regulation the Government were intending on ID verification. The Bill allows the Secretary of State to create…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this fairly long debate for their support. Once again, consensus seems to have broken out in the Committee, which must be a…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the Minister for his qualified support. I would be interested to understand why the Government decided to go along with this recommendation for the overseas…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment I will speak also to my Amendment 54. Given that these amendments relate to authorised corporate service providers, some of which will be…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillBut that is different from any shareholder having to make the positive statement: “I am”—or “I am not”—“holding the shares on my own behalf”. It is very different from, “I’ve got…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 7, 8, 32 and 33 in my name. Before I start, I hope the Committee will not mind if I point out that my name is pronounced “Vawks”. It is…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe noble Lord is quite right. What we are really trying to get to here is the ultimate beneficial owner, which is a problem that sits throughout this and the overseas property…27 Mar 2023