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HANSARDFinancial Services Sector: CorruptionThe Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will extend the Serious Fraud Office’s pre-investigative powers, allowing it to compel people to furnish the SFO with…25 May 2023HANSARDFinancial Services Sector: CorruptionThe Financial Conduct Authority rightly published guidelines in July 2017 referring back to the money laundering regulations of that year. The hon. Gentleman might want to direct…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office ReviewsYesterday, the Attorney General laid before the House a written ministerial statement outlining the progress made on the delivery of the recommendations made by Sir David, which…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office ReviewsI am very grateful indeed to my right hon. Friend for raising this case; she is right to do so, and I know that the Attorney General is familiar with the details of the case. I…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud OfficeThe SFO has implemented wide-ranging reforms following the recommendations made by Sir David Calvert-Smith and Brian Altman KC. The SFO’s strategic plan sets out a programme to…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Violent Crime ProsecutionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his hard work on behalf of his constituents. It is right to say that tackling serious violence and improving the support we offer to victims is…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Violent Crime ProsecutionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his interest and knowledge in this area—not least because he seems to be drawn for these questions, week in, week out. Of course the CPS has…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Violent Crime ProsecutionsMay I return the hon. Gentleman’s compliment and pay tribute to him for his diligence in this House and for all that he does? In fact, the Attorney General has had very close…25 May 2023HANSARDSerious Violent Crime ProsecutionsThis Government are committed to delivering justice for victims of serious violence, and I can confirm that the CPS prosecuted more than 103,000 cases of serious violence, firearm…25 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am delighted that my hon. Friend is “Hear, hear”-ing so loudly from the Back Benches. I will now turn to interpretive effects and Lords amendment 6, and some of the concerns…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for her work in this area over a long number of years. I hope her work continues and that we can encourage her to suggest regulations that…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, but the fact is that this framework Bill will end the supremacy and special status of retained EU law. The reason why so many…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will give way, and then I will make some progress.24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He has spent a lifetime working on these issues and I look forward to his continuing contribution to this debate. The…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI disagree entirely with the hon. Lady. I know that she is an assiduous Member of this House; I have served on many Bill Committees with her and know how seriously she takes her…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy hon. Friend pre-empts me, because I will be turning to the important role of the European Scrutiny Committee. I know he will forgive me, because it is important to take this in…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI give way to my hon. Friend and neighbour.24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention and, as ever, for his assiduous attention to these matters. He is right in what he says, so let me give an example and, I…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will not give way at the moment. I am going to make some progress, because I am conscious that a number of people want to speak in the debate. As I was saying, all retained EU…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to my predecessor, who has indeed spent many hours at this Dispatch Box debating legislation such as this over the past years. He is absolutely right in what he…24 May 2023