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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)I will stand up and then allow my right hon. Friend to intervene.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister; I think he has just provided clarification that he is confident that there is now a ban on the use of nominee directors as a front to obscure true beneficial…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Lady raises an extremely important point and illustrates the absurdity of the situation we have got into. There seems to be a “wild west” approach to running corporate…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for allowing me to intervene where I should have done in the first place. On the quantum that we are considering, as my right hon. Friend the Member for…03 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 (Seventh sitting)Sorry. Good point, well made.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I would be very happy to pause and provide the Minister with an opportunity to respond, if he wishes to do so, on clause 61.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Robertson. I think it is safe to say that we are coming to one of the most significant and consequential aspects of the Bill.…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you, Chair.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)No. I have made clear to the Minister that we are deeply unhappy, particularly with the failure to take on board the recommendations under amendment 107 and the very important…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I have nothing further to add on this point.03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 62 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 63 Authorisation of corporate service providers03 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 98, in clause 63, page 53, leave out from line 29 to line 5 on page 54. This amendment removes the provision enabling the authorisation of foreign…03 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasI thank the Minister for setting out that clear position, but does he agree that the nature of that kind of commitment—the three years, and the type of work that somebody studying…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasThe Minister rightly mentions value for money. The British taxpayer pays for the training of international medical graduates in this country. Will the Government consider doing a…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) for securing this important debate. His speech was an…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasThe key piece of our plan is to cancel non-dom status, which is estimated to generate approximately £3.2 billion for the Exchequer, and to use that money to invest in more GPs,…02 Nov 2022