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HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWe will be moving on it so that it does apply in Northern Ireland. It is really important that we get this running so that there is no hiding place in any part of the UK for dirty…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillAs I say, the Bill touches on devolved matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular. Ideally we would have an LCM, but I do not think that we can achieve one, given the…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Delivery Charges: ScotlandMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Businesses need to be competitive and open but, by choosing the wrong delivery partner, they are missing out on great consumers across Great…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Billindicated assent .07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will cover this at the end of the debate, but I should like to work with my right hon. Friend on amendments 24, 25 and 26 to ensure that we can make changes in the other place.…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will give way one last time.07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will happily talk about that amendment in Committee. However, I take the hon. Member’s point and the spirit in which she makes it. Perhaps we can debate that later, because I…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillOver the last 10 days, the world has watched the actions of Vladimir Putin in shock and horror. The ability to tackle dirty money and impose economic sanctions has never been so…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I have spoken to colleagues across the House. We will certainly look at how to draft the measure correctly to ensure that it…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Delivery Charges: ScotlandThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) on securing today’s really important debate. He is right to say that we have had a…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that because the now shadow Chancellor boasted afterwards how she managed to weaken the Government’s approach during the passage of that…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI agree that it is, but let us come back to a sense of unity. We have had some ding-dongs throughout, but it is time now to make sure we can come together and send the most…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillNo, indeed. If the right hon. Lady looks at the Panama papers, I think she will see that they cite Emma Watson as having bought a house under a shell company owing to security…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Delivery Charges: ScotlandI appreciate and understand my hon. Friend’s view. Ofcom will continue to look at this issue and will undoubtedly continue to push on it. I assure him and other Members that the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will not give way for a second, because I want to ensure that we can cover the ground. I will deal with some of the opposing amendments at the right time: at the end of the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI think the right hon. Gentleman comes from a place of supporting the proposal from my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis). I do not want delay the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillFirst, I thought that when I said, “Essentially, yes,” it was a clear, two-word answer to a simple question. I will cover my right hon. Friend’s amendments in my closing remarks,…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillEssentially, yes. We want to make sure that we can work with hon. Members on that. I do not want to accept all those amendments here and now, but I want to make sure that we can…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI cannot give a particular commitment, but what I can say is that the Prime Minister is personally exercised by this, which is why we met some postmasters last summer. I was…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI ask the hon. Gentleman to pass on my heartfelt sympathies to Della for what she has been through. This is exactly why we set up the inquiry. My Department has said from the…24 Feb 2022