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Criminal Justice Bill

Proceeding contribution from Robert Neill (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 November 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Criminal Justice Bill.

It may save the House hearing from me at some length later.

I welcome the measures on fraud, because they follow on from the Justice Committee’s report last year that highlighted the gaps in our ways of dealing with it. Will the Home Secretary look carefully at how we reform the identification principle? There remains a concern that the exemptions that were placed on the size of businesses in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 may have the perverse effect of allowing many fraudsters to split their businesses up into smaller units that fall below the threshold in that Act. Glencore, for example, had only 50 employees but was still one of the biggest frauds that did massive harm. Can we take the opportunity to look at that issue?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
741 c732 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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