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HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have an urgent debate on houses in multiple occupation and their regulation? Unscrupulous companies are targeting communities, buying up home after home on the same street…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We support the clause. As the Minister said, it restricts the registrar from disclosing certain information unless specific conditions apply. As we have rehearsed in other…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 125 sets out a process for the registrar to confirm the dissolution of a limited partnership that the registrar has reasonable cause to believe has been dissolved. The…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 163, in clause 125, page 112, line 35, leave out “power” and insert “duty”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 164.17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 122 inserts a new section into the Limited Partnerships Act, as the Minister outlined, to set out provisions for certain information that the registrar must not make…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for laying that out. As he outlined, clause 134 omits section 17 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 and introduces schedule 5 to that Act, which…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. This is an important debate. I am not sure that we have exhausted it today, and we may not, but it strikes me that the Minister’s main…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am very happy to. Clause 127 enables limited partnerships to apply to be deregistered if all partners agree. My question relates to the potential opportunity that that provides…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to new clause 48, which would extend the investigations regime under part XIV of the Companies Act 1985 to include limited partnerships. The new clause…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We discussed clause 125 previously, but it is perhaps helpful to summarise it. Labour supports the clause. It would insert proposed new sections 18 to 24 into the Limited…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments, which I welcome, and I thank SNP colleagues for their support. I will reflect on the Minister’s comments in relation to amendments 163 and…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his very helpful response to new clause 48. I think it is the right way forward to be considering the provisions in part XIV of the Companies Act 1985…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 166, in clause 128, page 117, leave out lines 7 to 23 and insert— “(1) An individual may not deliver a document under a provision listed in subsection (4)…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn . Amendment made : 41, in clause 128, page 117, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of line 16 on…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. We support this straightforward clause. It inserts a new section in the Limited Partnerships Act to enable documents to be served on the…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. I just want to clarify for the record that clause 128 was confusing, Ms Elliott, because I was talking about proposed new sections 26 and 27,…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Yes, that is in clause 128.17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As the Minister has outlined, clause 128 inserts into the Limited Partnerships Act proposed new sections 26 and 27, which require applications for registration and documentation…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the Minister consider this a little further in the light of the fact that the Bill’s provisions will not come as a surprise? The Bill has been introduced, there has been…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. I have some brief comments to make about clauses 103 and 104 stand part. The Minister has outlined what the clauses do. Clause 103 inserts a…15 Nov 2022