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HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thought that we were to have the joy and the privilege of hearing from the hon. Member for Aberavon, who can never say too much in this Chamber, or indeed anywhere else—which is…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill my right hon. and learned Friend give way?25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Bill is concerned only with economic crime and corporate transparency, and the regulations will cover only that. Many Ministers, including the Lord Chancellor, have spoken…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillTagged.25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. For some reason I was under the impression that the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) would be speaking first.25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is not the first time I have heard this speech.25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that and to the Under-Secretary for having had those conversations. He knows my support for her interest in this important matter. Clearly,…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady knows very well that I would find it impossible not to listen to her. I look forward to seeing how we can return to this issue. The Under-Secretary of State…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIf the right hon. Lady can come up with a way to seize assets and use them for the purposes we have been discussing—notably for the reconstruction of Ukraine, but for other…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is a pleasure to see you in your place, Mr Deputy Speaker, and it is the first time I have had the privilege of speaking under your chairmanship on these matters. It is also a…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWhat I am enormously enjoying in this Session is the way in which Bills are being picked up and put down by different Ministers. When they are on the Front Bench, they do one…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I will briefly thank a few people on my behalf and on behalf of the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank my hon. Friend the Chair of the Justice Committee. As he knows, this is an area of great interest and for further discussion, which we are indeed looking at taking…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will give way; I should have known that I was lining that up.25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOh, are you ducking out? Very well.25 Jan 2023HANSARDControl of Explosives Precursors and PoisonsToday I am laying before both Houses a statutory instrument to strengthen the controls of explosives precursors and poisons in Great Britain. Following the tragic Manchester Arena…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionI am entirely mindful of that, Ms McVey. As my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) quite rightly stated at the beginning of the debate, this is not normally an…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionMy position and the Government’s position on this is that the Minister for Safeguarding has written clearly to the right hon. Lady, but I was merely identifying the fact that the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDTier 1 Investor Visas: ReviewThis question has been raised on many occasions, including, funnily enough, by me in a former incarnation. I am pleased to say that we are approaching the moment when I will be…19 Dec 2022