First, I thought that when I said, “Essentially, yes,” it was a clear, two-word answer to a simple question. I will cover my right hon. Friend’s amendments in my closing remarks, but I wanted to speak to the Government amendments at this point. However, his new clause 29 would give a huge amount of powers not just to the Foreign Secretary in relation to Putin’s regime, but to future Foreign Secretaries. We need to tread carefully and look at that carefully before the House acts in that way.
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Scully
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 March 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill.
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