Criminal Finances Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point. The Bill does extend some of the offences and powers i...

I will make some progress and Members will doubtless be able to make their points throughout the ...

I am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way. I agree with the content of his remarks, ...

Yes, I absolutely agree that transparency is one of the steps along the path of tackling both cor...

Prosecuting corporations for failing to prevent economic crimes was expected to be a core part of...

Yes, but I will come to that part of the Bill later on. It is certainly our intention to prosecut...

I congratulate the Minister on his appointment to the Home Office.

In evidence to Parliamen...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for his kind comments about my...

I thank the Minister for his very full answer, but the real problem is that the system is old. Th...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that 381,000 referrals is a hefty amount to get thro...

I thank the Minister for giving way. He is being exceptionally generous.

Does that example ...

Yes, I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that that will happen throughout the passage of the Bi...

I welcome my hon. Friend to his place as Security Minister. His appointment is much deserved.

My hon. Friend is right that, in the past, it has been a challenge. Crafty hoods have been very g...

Although I support the Bill, does the Minister agree that there is no point in legislating if the...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. In the past few months, I have visited regi...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again; he is being incredibly generous. As he says, this is...

There are several parts to this. The NCA has absolutely got the bit between its teeth, and I see ...

If someone walks around the most expensive neighbourhoods of London—Knightsbridge and South Kensi...

The issue of resources was raised by the hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick). Despite the eff...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that important intervention. If the Minister does not g...

As a former tax lawyer, may I point out to the hon. Lady that companies in tax havens own UK prop...

I made a point of saying that there can be legitimates reasons for holding UK property in tax hav...

I thank my hon. Friend for her kind comments about the Select Committee’s report published in Jul...

My right hon. Friend is right. We need to look at the case of people who serve a prison term that...

I take the point that my neighbour, the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), makes, ...

Far be it from me to bandy words with the many lawyers in the Chamber. I repeat that as the Bill ...

I begin by declaring an interest. I have been instructed in the past, and I am currently instruct...

Although I accept the directing mind principle, does the right hon. and learned Gentleman agree t...

What the hon. Gentleman says is perfectly true, but I am not sure whether that constitutes accept...

Before I go through my speech, I think I can sum up our position on the Bill very succinctly. The...

As a first step, would the hon. Gentleman encourage the Government to look at the schedule to the...

I have a great deal of sympathy with both of the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s points. I sug...

It is a joy as a non-lawyer to be skewered between two barristers in this place, but may I point ...

I agree with the Minister, but my point is that under the Bill, corporate economic crime extends ...

The OECD estimates that tax havens may be costing developing countries a sum up to three times th...

Unsurprisingly, I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. and learned Friend. I should like the Ministe...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a precedent? The Government have repeatedly legislated in...

Again unsurprisingly, I agree with my hon. and learned Friend. Where there is a political will, t...

I rise to support the Bill—not to complain about what is not in it, but to praise the Government ...

I am listening with great interest to what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Does he agree that there...

That is certainly something that could be looked at and consulted on, but the Bill is achieving a...

rose—

I will carry on, if I may.

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No.

I hope that this provision will have the same effect that health and safety legislation...

This speech represents two firsts: I am the first non-lawyer to speak from the Back Benches; and ...

I agree with my right hon. Friend and previous speakers that, were something done about the overs...

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend’s comments.

While we support the Bill, does my right hon. Friend agree that the danger is that we might drive...

Indeed. I would also add that the Brexit provisions might also lead to increased activity through...

I have listened carefully to what the right hon. Lady said. Will she not concede that since the l...

In my view, and indeed the British Government’s view, publicising those registers of ownership is...

The right hon. Lady is, as one would expect, making a very powerful speech. Does she agree that t...

I, too, have seen that survey. Any action that the Minister takes will be warmly welcomed by the ...

I can get an exact answer to the right hon. Lady’s question. Just around that, though, we have st...

I am grateful to the Minister for providing that information. Will he explain why the orders do n...

That is quite straightforward. We are unable under EU law to discriminate against different membe...

I wish to raise two other issues. One arises from a debate held in the House on March 2012, initi...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge). I would also ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Wealden (Nusrat Ghani) on a rather succinct speech. There are ...

It is the weather.

It could be the weather, although I wonder whether the reason is something a little more sinister...

I had not been in a debate with the hon. Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) until this morning, and ...

Many people in the Chamber consider much of the Bill to be praiseworthy. It struck me that all th...

I reassure the hon. Gentleman, given our meeting yesterday, that I have listened to what he said....

I am particularly grateful to the Minister for that clarity. Indeed, in coming to the Dispatch Bo...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Roger Mullin) and liste...

May I take up the issue of money laundering and the NCA? When I was a lawyer, one would do an ID ...

I think that, when it comes to the hon. Gentleman, it is probably a case of “once a lawyer, alway...

Order. There is not a shortage of time, but when the right hon. Gentleman says “Finally” I actual...

Mr Deputy Speaker, after all these years how can you believe a Member when they say, “Finally”—ho...

This is the first time that I have spoken from the Dispatch Box and I am pleased to find it accom...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Will it come off my time?

No.

Okay. Go ahead.

I can assure my hon. Friend that I would never want to reduce her time. I congratulate her on mak...

I reassure the hon. Lady that she is quite safe in giving way during a winding-up speech. She has...

I am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I w...

I thank right hon. and hon. Members for this informed and valuable debate. We have heard strong a...

I apologise that I was not able to contribute to the debate itself. I am afraid that I am a veter...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point, particularly by outlining the importance of the Bi...

Clearly, I am delighted to hear the good news that the Minister has just given. Can he confirm wh...

As I said just before the hon. Gentleman intervened, we will continue to push for all countries t...