Criminal Finances Bill

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 166, which is also in this group. It would require the Sec...

My Lords, I declare my interests, principally as a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation....

My Lords, my noble friend has explained with magnificent clarity the purpose and nature of her tw...

My Lords, I think it is worth making two points. I understand the point that the noble Baroness, ...

My Lords, I speak very much in support of my noble friend Lady Bowles on this occasion. The issue...

My Lords, I had intended to speak at a little length but the noble Lord, Lord Beith, has said eve...

My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to return today to our debate in Committee, beginning with...

My Lords, I suspect I am on a mission that is not going to succeed, but it is unfortunate that a ...

Perhaps I may look into that and let the noble Lord know because I am reluctant to make sweeping ...

Before my noble friend responds, the Minister referred to the Modern Slavery Act. I do not want t...

My Lords, I would say that the statement a company makes reflects the company, and if a statement...

My Lords, I thank the Minister and other noble Lords for this debate and of course I appreciate t...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

162: Clause 44, page 108, line 27, leave out “can put in pla...

My Lords, this is a probing amendment. Clause 44(1) provides that the Chancellor,

“must pre...

My Lords, I spent quite a lot of time reading the amendment and trying to understand it. I am gra...

My Lords, I support Amendment 162, proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. It would strength...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lady, Baroness Hamwee, for tabling this amendment, which all...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, understood my thinking exactly, although I wonder whether...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164: After Clause 47, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, Amendment 164, proposed by myself and my noble friend Lord Rosser, seeks to add a new c...

My Lords, I shall indeed speak to Amendment 170 and I thank the noble Lord for his comments on it...

My Lords, I have some doubts about Amendment 165. I find a corporate probation order to be rather...

My Lords, I add my voice to that. I support the general idea behind Amendment 165 but it proposes...

My Lords, perhaps I may add one phrase only to this debate. I want to speak to Amendment 170 and ...

My Lords, I am pleased that the amendments in this group have allowed us to have an extended deba...

The point is that a procedure exists when there is a breach of competition law. That does not hav...

The noble Baroness foxed me when she asked that question the first time and she is still foxing m...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate, and I am pleased that the...

Moved by

Baroness Stern

167: After Clause 48, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 167 in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Krame...

I support Amendment 167, so ably moved by my noble friend Lady Stern. I apologise to the House th...

My Lords, I rise as a signatory to Amendment 167, which I fully support.

As the noble Baron...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 167, and I will also bring my Amendments 168 and 169 i...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I also support the Bill and I am grateful for it.

I part...

My Lords, I wish to refer to Amendment 169, to which the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, has spoken. In ...

My Lords, I regret that I did not have the opportunity to participate in the Second Reading debat...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell. I apologise to the nobl...

My Lords, as vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gibraltar I am grateful to the...

My Lords, the theme of corruption and the damage it does to society has been the thread running t...

My Lords, I am a signatory to Amendment 167, which was moved so eloquently by the noble Baroness,...

My Lords, it may come as a surprise to some, but having carefully researched the matter, I find I...

My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Peterborough reminded us that corruption in th...

I have a very short and slightly less theatrical point than the noble Lord’s—although the point h...

My Lords, I became alarmed when I saw Amendment 167, and I then received a joint briefing on this...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in an excellent debate. I pay particular tr...

I confirm that that is precisely the point I was making.

I am so glad that I read it right. The UK is directly responsible for the OTs’ and the CDs’ compl...

Perhaps I may ask the Minister to clarify a couple of points. First, in the light of what she has...

Can the noble Lord repeat his last point?

Certainly. My question relates to what the Government have said about working with the overseas t...

My Lords, they are all committed to working towards the same end. It would be perverse if, having...

I did not realise they had signed up to public registers. Since the Government say they want to w...

My Lords, the Government are fully committed to working with the Crown dependencies and overseas ...

I was simply saying that, in the light of what has been said in this debate by a number of noble ...

The noble Lord’s latter suggestion is correct: we do not want to impose on the overseas territori...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, which has been a cornucopia of oratory wi...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

171: Schedule 5, page 152, line 27, leave out ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

177: Clause 54, page 113, line 42, at end inse...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

180: Clause 55, page 114, line 38, at end inse...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

183: Clause 55, page 115, line 18, at end insert “...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Dunlop set out to your Lordships’ House last week when repeatin...

My Lords, if the Minister needs to answer my question after today, that will be fine. I well unde...

I am happy with the amendment. It is, unfortunately, necessary in this situation. I hope the part...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments and, of course, I will write with further clarificati...