My right hon. Friend has made an incredibly important point and used a good example to show how the system is being used and abused. I want to reiterate to the House that this is a two-stage Bill. The first stage will deal with many aspects of this, but the full Companies House reform will come in the second economic crime Bill, where that detail will all be worked through. It is important to say this is the first step to making a clean sweep in terms of how we update, in terms of accountability, and in terms of holding individuals and their enablers—their managers and all the others responsible—to account. The House has just heard me speak about the penalties.
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Priti Patel
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 March 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill.
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