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HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms McDonagh, and to speak on this important issue during the first Whistleblowing Awareness Week, which was launched in…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThis week, a ban was lifted to allow Israeli citizens back into the sites of four settlements in the occupied west bank. The UK must stand firm against any steps towards…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBusiness InsolvenciesOur great British businesses are being let down by 13 years of Tory failure, with little to help but sticking-plaster policies. The Minister may not be aware, but insolvency…23 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewI want to put on record my thanks to Baroness Casey for her report, but it has reached the damning verdict that London’s women and children have been left even further behind. The…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe first test for the Budget was whether people would be better or worse off as a result. The Chancellor has failed that first test, because the OBR’s forecast and analysis…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillI congratulate the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) on his success in the ballot and, indeed, on the Bill’s passage through Second Reading, Committee and its…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionThe Minister will know that prepayment customers, many of whom are the least well off in society, are charged a higher rate for their energy; that has been mentioned by Members on…06 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for his confirmation. The legislation is not as tight as we would like it to be, but if he puts his intentions on record, that does take us a step further.…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the Minister for his intervention, and for setting out the context and the Government’s intention behind clause 63. However, there is a difference between the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We should be ambitious for the registrar and for Companies House in tackling economic crime and being a beacon around the world for how a…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. Perhaps he is missing some of our argument around the central question, because it does not happen in all cases. We have not received…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will just complete my point and then bring the Minister in if he wishes to intervene. I would be grateful if he could confirm why that is in the Bill in that way, and the extent…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister has heard what my right hon. Friend says. If that is what Parliament wishes and intends, we should have the courage to put it in the Bill. The amendments tabled by my…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat is part of what we seek, but there is further to go. I know that amendments tabled by other colleagues also draw on the issue of phoenixing and the importance of preventing…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my right hon. Friend for her intervention and for the discussions that we had on this matter prior to the Report stage. In summary, this legislation is essential, but as…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for giving way. Would he commit to a meeting with the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) and me on this issue? It is not the case that my new…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister has made the point today and in Committee about this data being collected and reported elsewhere, but that should make it easier to have a more comprehensive report,…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOf course, the Minister will not want accounts to be inadvertently linked where there may be two people with the same name and, possibly, date of birth. Has he had any discussions…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is a pleasure to follow the Minister and to speak to our amendments. The Labour party has supported this important Bill’s passage in a cross-party spirit through Second Reading…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. She is alluding to a theme that goes through the Bill: we cannot expect this to suddenly be the answer to everything, so we have to keep it…24 Jan 2023