My Lords, I do not want to take up too much time. The noble Baroness, Lady Stern, made an incredibly powerful speech in support of her amendment, to which I added my name. I want to say something in relation to setting international standards and trying to reach international agreement. Ultimately, that is the correct way. It is the solution. But there are many ways of achieving that. David Cameron realised that, actually, setting the standards and taking the lead is the way to reach international agreement—not sitting on our hands and saying, “Let’s see what others do first”. We need to take the lead and set the standards. When we talk about reputation, it is our family of nations that will suffer reputationally if we do not adopt this amendment tonight.
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Collins of Highbury
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 January 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL].
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