Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [Lords]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention—I was referring to real estate. As I am sur...

Given the Secretary of State’s commitment to the EU’s action on money laundering, is he saying th...

As the right hon. Lady will be aware, the UK is already out in front of the rest of the world in ...

I would be most grateful if the Secretary of State would give way again.

Oh, go on.

I am extremely grateful to the Secretary of State. The reason I asked the question is that the EU...

I do not know the exact stage of the directive at the moment. To the best of my knowledge, we are...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will not, if the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me.

As sanctions have serious conseque...

Where assets have been frozen—for example, in the case of Libya and its support for the IRA—does ...

I completely concur with the objectives espoused by my hon. Friend. Many people would like to see...

This is one of many Bills that we need because of our impending departure from the European Union...

Does my hon. Friend agree that if we tackled tax evasion and avoidance, we would not see such mod...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Quite a lot of the money that is hidden is hidden by corrupt ...

I hesitate to accuse the hon. Lady of failure to read the Bill, but clause 1(2) makes it absolute...

I am afraid that I do not think the Bill makes that clear. First, it does not include the phrase,...

May I draw the hon. Lady’s attention again to clause 1(2)? Paragraph (e) mentions exactly what sh...

That is absolutely true, but if the Minister reads a little further into the Bill and looks at cl...

Is the hon. Lady aware of the geographical targeting orders piloted by the USA that we were told ...

That is very shocking. I did not know about it. I hope that the hon. Lady will dilate on the matt...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that, when one of my constituents reported a fraudulent entr...

My hon. Friend has brought precisely the point to the House in highlighting that unfortunate epis...

My hon. Friend makes a good series of points about the nature of the British overseas territories...

My hon. Friend is right that the situation is complex—we have one legal regime for the overseas t...

As the hon. Lady may recollect, I was never out of the outer boroughs when I was Mayor of London,...

I wish the Foreign Secretary was as energetic in his pursuit of the corrupt in this Bill as he is...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

I...

As the Prime Minister’s anti-corruption champion, I am listening very carefully to what my right ...

It is early days, but I think the existing powers are being used rather less than my hon. Friend ...

This is another Bill that has been caused by Brexit. EU co-operation has been crucial to sanction...

The hon. Lady makes a valid point, although I have a different opinion on Brexit. Does she not ag...

I agree that we perhaps can and should enhance what we do, but we must take care not to lose what...

Is the hon. Lady in effect agreeing with the Law Society of Scotland’s interpretation of the need...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for agreeing with me. It is very rare and very nice, and I thank him f...

The hon. Lady has hit on a very important point. If changes are to be made in the Crown dependenc...

We have to be very careful. To an extent, we push people and give them a carrot, and in a sense, ...

I am intrigued by the hon. Lady’s contribution. We all want to move forward on the basis of conse...

I agree. That is the point I was trying to make, fairly badly I suppose: how long do we leave it?...

Another interesting example from the recent Labour Government in New Zealand is the idea that the...

Yes, that would be a very useful addition. The Secretary of State did not answer the questions on...

Perhaps at this stage I can give the hon. Members for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) and for B...

That sounds like a vague, “I don’t know” kind of answer.

Perhaps the hon. Lady would like to ask the Minister whether the powers he is taking in chapter 3...

That is a very good question. I do not know whether the Minister wants to take this opportunity t...

The Bill constitutes one piece of a patchwork of laws that are currently going through Parliament...

The Bill commands general support on both sides of the House, and, like the hon. Member for Hunti...

My right hon. Friend is making an extremely powerful speech. Does she agree that whatever is in t...

I strongly concur. Interestingly enough, David Cameron recognised that in 2013 when he told the o...

Many of our tax havens, and some of our Crown dependencies, were put on the EU watch list. They h...

I entirely agree. Indeed, if we leave the EU without having implemented reforms that would have a...

On public registers, is it not also the case that firms that are more transparent are often more ...

My hon. Friend on the Front Bench is completely right.

Finally, while we were all horrified...

I agree with what the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) said and with what my r...

I agree with many of my right hon. Friend’s points about transparency. I also agree with some of ...

I agree with my hon. Friend that it is necessary for us to show leadership, and I will say more a...

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert)...

With the UK in a housing crisis, does the hon. Lady agree that the Bill could speed up the proper...

I absolutely agree. There is no need for any further procrastination. Officials clearly ought to ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson). I also give cred...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills), who made a thoughtful ...

It is uselessness.

Absolutely; my hon. Friend is so correct, as ever.

We all know what happened to David Camer...

I welcome the Bill, which will not only see us retain our ability to impose sanctions and some of...

As I have been sitting here listening to the debate, I have had a growing sense of déjà vu with r...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris), who spoke so eloqu...

As most hon. Members have stated in this debate, money laundering and corruption are huge issues ...

Issues relating to sanctions and anti-money laundering have been dealt with under EU law for many...

I agree with many of the comments we have heard today from both sides of the House, which I would...

It is a real pleasure to respond to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. The Bill, as many col...

A drag?

At EU level, we have been. David Cameron argued against the inclusion of trusts in EU beneficial ...

As my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary said in his opening speech, this Bill is necessary ...

On negative and affirmative resolutions, the Minister is choosing to draw a distinction based on ...

The reason that we have made this distinction in terms of procedure is that we are obliged in law...

Will the Minister give way?

No. We consulted the devolved Administrations—that answers a question that the hon. Lady asked—an...