Economic Crime: Law Enforcement

That is absolutely right. My hon. Friend has much experience and expertise in this area as the fo...

My hon. Friend speaks with knowledge and clarity about these crimes, and about the impact on cons...

That is the right question. These problems are not difficult to solve if people are willing to ap...

Banks are very strict with local customers, and rightly so, but not with the movement of large su...

The hon. Gentleman is right. The regulations are there but the penalties are not sufficient. The ...

Mens rea.

Thank you; that is right, whatever it means in English.

A guilty mind.

Thank you. On that basis, only if it can be proven that the directors had a guilty mind and were ...

I remind the mover of the motion that the guidance says they have up to 10 minutes, and the hon. ...

I have so much to say on this; I apologise, Mr Deputy Speaker.

Finally, as well as beefing ...

I remind the hon. Member that, at the end of the debate, he will have two minutes to conclude, no...

It is a bizarre day to be debating a really important issue. I am grateful to the Backbench Busin...

You are not constrained. All I would say is to focus—

I will keep it tight.

It is shocking but true that it was the tragedy of the war in Ukraine...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent analysis of the situation. At the moment, the SFO is ...

I completely agree with those observations, which are so well made.

The National Crime Agen...

I thank the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) and my hon. Friend the Member for...

I thank the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) and my right hon. Friend the Mem...

My right hon. Friend is speaking very well on the subject, as he always does. We have heard that ...

Exactly. My hon. Friend is absolutely right.

I will quickly run through five parts of the e...

The right hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech. May I recommend that the Minister —or the...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The joy of the Minister’s position must surely be that Me...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) and the right h...

Would my hon. Friend care to venture an opinion on the Law Commission’s recommendations concernin...

The Law Commission often offers a sensible way forward, and I urge the Government to adopt those ...

The hon. Gentleman talks about this subject as well as about the major frauds. I was shocked to f...

It is extraordinary that fraud accounts for nearly 40% of all crime but only about 20% of police ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). He alw...

I call the SNP spokesperson, Alison Thewliss.

1.54 pm

It is a pleasure to come to the House this afternoon. Even with all the chaos and politics outsid...

The hon. Lady makes an important point. The point about the failure to prevent offence is, of cou...

I absolutely agree. The hon. Gentleman made a point about the fraud coming through on his WhatsAp...

It is a pleasure to be here. I would not normally be in this debate, but what has happened with t...

This is certainly an interesting day to be responding to a debate. As is the case with the shadow...

I note the Minister’s theoretical description of what happens, but the practice, for anybody who ...

We would accept there is a need to go further and certainly, following today’s debate, we look fo...

I welcome all reforms of Companies House, but will the Minister put it on a proper footing and ma...

We will set out the details in the Bill and we look forward to the debates on it, but certainly w...

I know the Minister wants to assess the options, but he will be aware that that debate has been o...

Obviously, it would be tempting for me, at the Dispatch Box in the current situation, to make a r...

I appreciate the fact that the Minister is covering this brief. On the point he makes, if whistle...

As always, my hon. Friend makes a powerful case for going further. He will be aware that the Gove...

This has been an excellent debate. I thank all Members across the House for supporting the applic...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I assure you that I have informed the Minister concern...

I thank the right hon. Lady for her point of order. I note that she says that she informed the Mi...