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HANSARDLabour and Skills Shortages: Temporary Recovery VisaI think it would be a caricature of whatever comments were made to say that we are going to somehow stop people who are already here being here. That seems to be the logical…08 Nov 2022HANSARDLabour and Skills Shortages: Temporary Recovery VisaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the second time in two days, Mrs Cummins—it is truly a privilege for me. I thank the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)The main purpose of clause 72 is to make it easier for future changes to registrar’s rules to be made by the registrar directly, rather than through the Secretary of State. The…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the Minister for that clarification. Does he have a view on the question of a more proactive licensing system for corporate service providers, along the lines of what is…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the Minister for that clarification. Will he assure us that he will encourage his colleagues at the Treasury to consider the option of a licensing system within the terms…08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI welcome the Minister to his place. The Home Secretary has stated that after 12 years of Conservative government the asylum system is “broken”. We agree, and it is the…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms Cummins. Powers to deprive someone of their British citizenship in certain circumstances were initially introduced in…07 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way just on that point?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I have made the points that I wish to make about new clause 27.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 108, in clause 62, page 47, leave out lines 14 and 15.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I have spoken at some length about the Opposition’s concerns about the provisions in clauses 62 and 63 to authorise third-party trust or corporate service providers—or authorised…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)Once again, I find myself somewhat baffled by what the Government are trying to get into the Bill. The provisions set out under clause 63 in proposed new section 1098I of the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. As with the previous debate, I am not particularly happy with the position, and we will look for opportunities to return to the issue during…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)We have no further comments to add on clause 64. Question put and agreed to. Clause 64 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Ordered, That further consideration be now…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Could I trouble the Minister to explain a little more about what categories of people who are sanctioned should therefore allowed to be designated as unqualified as directors…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)On the point about the FCDO not sanctioning anything apart from asset freezes, does it not impose travel bans? Is a travel ban not a non-asset freeze type of sanction?03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)I will now stand up and allow the Minister to intervene on me.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Are the Government saying that if somebody has been sanctioned and given a travel ban but not an asset freeze, they are still a fit and proper person to be a director of a British…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Are the Government seriously arguing that somebody who has been sanctioned by the FCDO and given a travel ban but not an asset freeze is still a fit and proper person to be a GB…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 32 raises important questions about who we should and should not allow to hold positions of power and responsibility in UK companies. Currently, under the 1986 Act, the…03 Nov 2022