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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)Q Your point that this is a partnership is entirely correct. The Government have approached the issue in the way that we spoke about, you will remember, when I was doing a…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)Q Clearly, Liam’s point is entirely valid, but it is worth pointing out that that was a scandal in Estonia, which was very strongly dealt with by the Estonian Government. It is…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)I understand the distinction. I just wanted to make the point. As you can understand, it would raise other difficulties. Graham Barrow: Absolutely.27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)Hear, hear! Duncan Hames : Thank you. I think it is important that we should continue to respect the rule of law and have a judicial basis for asset recovery. Too often, it is…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)Forgive me, Ms Wood; my hearing is not very good. Can you speak straight into a microphone? Helena Wood: Yes.27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you very much.27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It is clear that there is a huge number of changes. You will know about the work that we have done in the past on the Foreign Affairs Committee and now in Government on trying…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q No, that is true, and that is why the work being done between Companies House and the agencies is so important—to ensure that Companies House goes from being a pinboard to being…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Professor, thank you very much indeed. I am grateful to you for reminding us that Magna Carta guarantees private property in various ways. Various legal jurisdictions, including…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Okay, thank you.27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Catherine, thank you very much for giving evidence to what must be your 20th or 30th Committee in the last 12 months. I am very grateful for the work you do. Could you tell us…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)I am very grateful, not only for your evidence today, but for the work you do and the oversight you bring. It does make a huge difference, and I am very grateful indeed for it.…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I am very glad you are supportive of that. I think this makes a huge difference; as you rightly say, it is one step on the journey, but it is still a huge difference from where…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Exactly—phoenixing. Peter Swabey: I think that is really important.27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Would you agree, then, that it may also support other areas of governance: the ability to oversee, for example, different areas of employment, human trafficking or whatever it…27 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022The purpose of the draft statutory instrument is to designate Georgia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, Switzerland and Turkey as participating countries—that…26 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022It is a great pleasure to be under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s kind words, and pleased that she is not facing a fifth, I think it would…26 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Of detail, Bill! Bill Browder: It is great. There is no problem with the actual legislation. This is a rule-of-law country, and the laws have been written, and continue to be…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Browder and Mr Bullough, thank you very much for coming. We have spoken about these issues at the Foreign Affairs Committee, which I used to chair. In the past, we have…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)I simply refer to my wider declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.25 Oct 2022