Late last year, NatWest was fined £265 million for facilitating money laundering through its UK branches. Sacks of cash, literally, were being taken into NatWest branches. Despite the £265 million fine, no person at NatWest has personally been held to account. Does my right hon. and learned Friend not agree that these fines are simply a cost of doing business, because this is profitable business? The only way in which we will clamp down on this is to hold individual executives at the top of organisations to account and, if necessary, put these people in jail.
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kevin Hollinrake
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 October 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.
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