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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Lady is making a powerful argument. The Minister asked her what she thought was not sufficient about clause 66. Does she agree that arguing for a unique identifier is…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister asks a fair question. He is not necessarily stating a cap. Given what has come out in the consultation, and what has been in the articles about whether there should…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you, Mr Robertson. The importance of clause 50, which relates to schedule 2, is obvious and requires no further comment. The Minister’s description of schedule 2 as long and…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)May I ask your advice on procedure, Mr Robertson? Should I speak now on clause 50, the amendments and schedule 2, or should the SNP amendments be moved first?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I have no further points to add. Question put and agreed to. Clause 49 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 50 Abolition of local registers etc Question proposed,…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)If I am following the Minister’s arguments as he intends, is he saying that his view of objective 4 and how it would be interpreted means it would be implicit that the registrar…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)The amendment tabled by our SNP colleagues would amend clause 1 to require the Secretary of State to ensure that Companies House is adequately resourced to achieve its objectives.…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. I think he has committed to write to me about nationality and country; he did make a note. Did he make a note? Did I get that right? It is a…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister give way?01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the Minister agree that being able to use analytics to determine that 1,000 companies are registered at one address would not mean manually going through and using resources…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)When?01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to clause 2 and to clauses 3 to 8. I have been listening carefully to the Minister and have a few questions. I have made extensive remarks in support for…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 2 is important, and we have no concerns with it at all. It amends section 8 of the Companies Act 2006 to state that, for individuals, “name” means a forename and surname,…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 85, in clause 2, page 2, line 15, at end insert— “(2A) After subsection 1, insert— ‘(1A) The memorandum must also state— (a) the nationality of the each…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister. Now that we are debating clause stand part, perhaps I can officially say “welcome” to him—I was saving it until now. It is indeed good to see him in…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)My intervention also relates to that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill. There is a risk of underestimating the amount of work, and of that then being…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)We are very quickly getting to the crux of the issues on resourcing for implementation. He referred to independent experts coming in to work with Companies House on its new…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifth sitting)They are good words.01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)I have just a few remarks. We have no issues at all with the clauses, and welcome them. Amending the Companies Act to require all companies to maintain an appropriate email…01 Nov 2022HANSARDGPs: Continuity of CareWe have seen a cut of almost 5,000 GPs and the closure of hundreds of practices in the past 10 years. My constituents are having a terrible time trying to get GP appointments and,…01 Nov 2022