As I understand it, the money-laundering regulations specifically exclude British citizens, including parliamentarians, from their scope. What has happened is that the banks, as a matter of policy, following what they expect to be European directives on this subject, treat British parliamentarians as though they are politically exposed persons. The actual regulations do not.
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Harris of Haringey
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 26 November 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill.
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