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HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) BillI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend, and I would commend him for any discussions he might have with the Audit Committee and its members who have given evidence to the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillExactly, and that is the point. What the Government have done is set up a legislative Aunt Sally. I welcome their putting in place mitigating measures to deal with parent…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Billrose —04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy hon. Friend is being very generous. I have two points on that. First, I take the point that the Government amendments have already mitigated the issue about parent companies…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful. The Minister is right to cite the SFO, but he knows that the threshold the SFO applies is very high. It will only prosecute high-value, complex or novel cases. It…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI agree that we have made huge progress on the Bill, but why is the threshold on small businesses not present in the failure to prevent bribery and tax evasion offences? They are…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will give way to my hon. Friend and then explain why he is wrong.04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillTell them that this offence is about fraud intended to benefit themselves, not about a fraud that causes them loss. This is a limited offence. It is the misunderstanding of the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss). She said that we might not pass this way again. Indeed, this has been a very long way for me and…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Billrose—04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThey will have in place reasonable procedures to prevent people from acting on their behalf and unjustly benefiting their own companies and entities. Let us not forget it is a…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) BillThank you Dame Rosie. I will trespass upon your good will by focusing on clause 1 and the necessity of what we have to pass today. I will not repeat the comments of my hon. Friend…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek your guidance on how I can put on the record that I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.04 Sept 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. The reason the small boats problem has grown exponentially is that we dealt with the lorries issue. We closed the loophole…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI have listened very carefully to everything that the Minister has said on this subject, and I know that he is sincere in his intentions. We agree on the need for a quota when it…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Rail Ticket OfficesResidents in Swindon had a taste of things to come yesterday, when the ticket office was closed and people were queueing out of the door to use the wholly inadequate machines at…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy right hon. Friend is being very generous in listening to the rather strong opinions on the Bill, but can I press him again to consider alternative ways to deal with the threat…03 Jul 2023HANSARDWater Industry: Financial ResilienceSwindon residents will be concerned about the future of Thames Water, so I ask my hon. Friend please to keep me and colleagues updated on any issues relating to that. Underlying…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsMindful of the time, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make sure that my remarks show—I hope—an admirable economy. It is 100 years since the BBC was founded. Lord Reith took on that…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsI agree. The amalgamation of Wiltshire with Gloucestershire—a vast area—will put us back into the sort of regional miasma that affects the access to local news of the residents I…22 Jun 2023