Criminal Finances Bill

My Lords, like the Labour Benches, we are supportive of the overall purpose of the Bill and the m...

My Lords, if my speech appears somewhat bland, as I fear it may, it is not for any want of enthus...

My Lords, the Bill is largely a legislative reflection of the Action Plan for Anti-Money Launderi...

My Lords, I pay tribute to our colleagues in the Commons for their work on the Bill. I will singl...

My Lords, I will address the corporate liability aspects of the Bill, and therefore declare my in...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the Government for introducing this Bill. I suppor...

My Lords, I first declare my interest as in the register, and in particular as director of Metro ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of Transparency International UK and a former member ...

My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as an officer of the Anti-corruption APPG. My involvem...

My Lords, I begin by drawing the House’s attention to my entry in the register of interests of yo...

My Lords, I start by apologising to the Minister for the discourtesy of missing the first minute ...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill generally but in particular the provision in Clause 15, which insert...

My Lords, coming in to bat as late as I am in a debate like this, almost everything I wanted to s...

My Lords, the UK, generally with all-party support, has an excellent leadership role internationa...

My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Watson I begin with an apology to the Minister. I had assumed...

My Lords, I am deeply grateful to be allowed four minutes in the gap to comment on this very impo...

My Lords, when I first looked at this Bill, the first word I wrote down was “privacy”—which may b...

My Lords, at the outset of my remarks I am pleased, like my noble friend Lord Rosser, to put on r...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this Second Reading. We have had a very ...

I welcome the fact that discussions are continuing with the overseas territories, but they seem t...

I hope I can be helpful to the noble Lord. Progress is being made, but at a point at which progre...

Is there not the danger in the argument of a level playing field of a comprehensive public regist...

The noble Lord is absolutely right that we will never get a global homogenous position with every...

My Lords, does that mean that the results of the consultation will be available in time for Commi...

I can find out and let my noble friend know. I did say a matter of weeks, so we may be in luck.