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HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillFirst, we need to do lots of work on awareness of scams and those kinds of areas, which fall into my direct remit. Action Fraud is taking more and more of a position here to…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI come back to this point: there is no reluctance to act. What I cannot do is pre-empt Her Majesty. Our appetite, as I say, remains undiminished. It is just a shame that the right…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillWe are really aware of the issues and we appreciate the comments in that report. As that Bill progresses, we will consider them with all due process.26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI know the hon. Gentleman has used that example on a number of occasions. It is a particularly pertinent example but, as I say, Companies House reform is foremost among our…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillAs I said, the £4.3 billion figure cited is an inference by journalists; that money has not been written off by this Government. We are working with partners to ensure that we…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI agree that the lawfare debate was incredibly interesting and enlightening. We will make sure that we work together across Government to take all those matters into consideration…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillThe hon. Lady is right about tackling fraudsters. That is why our determination to introduce legislation in this area is undiminished. At the other end of the scale but still…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillWe have invested in a number of schemes, including an investment in the National Investigation Service to boost its capacity to investigate cases of serious fraud, especially…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank my hon. Friend for welcoming the Government’s cyber strategy. He is absolutely right to highlight the importance of this area, which the Government are tackling. We will…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank my hon. Friend for all his work throughout the pandemic. In his position as a member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, he has been asking probing…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We recognise those constraints, which is why we are looking at replacing Action Fraud with a new organisation based with City of London…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank my hon. Friend for his question, but, as I am sure he will appreciate, I am not going to speculate about the content of any future Queen’s Speech, which is the correct…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI think the last comment is beneath the debate. The hon. Lady talks about Companies House reform. Clearly, a lot of work is already happening in Companies House and it supports…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his work in this area as well. Because there has been no consensus, it is important that the Law Commission looks at this matter,…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Our appetite for tackling economic crime remains undiminished, as it does with Companies House reform, which has been well trailed and…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI appreciate my hon. Friend’s work in tackling corruption and encouraging further transparency, which we have had several conversations about. We remain undiminished in our…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillLet me first acknowledge my hon. Friend’s work on Companies House reform, on whistleblowing, and on general economic crime. He really has a handle on this issue, and his thoughts…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillMy right hon. Friend raises some interesting and important points. I will ask the relevant Minister, likely Lord Callanan from the other place, to meet him, but I am happy to meet…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI congratulate my hon. Friend and thank her for the work she does in this area. We have had a number of conversations and we will always look to see what more we can do to…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that—it was a shame he did not stop at his first sentence, but it was very kind of him. I appreciate all of those measures that he wants to put in…26 Jan 2022