Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]

My Lords, I want to add some footnotes to the powerful speech of the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I too will speak to Amendments 1, 23 and 1A, which is in my name and that of my noble f...

My Lords, I say for the record and from the outset, and for the avoidance of any doubt in the min...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, was very quick off the mark: the noble Lord, Lord McNally,...

My Lords, I agree that the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, was a bit quick off the mark. Just have a gla...

My Lords, I had been waiting for the noble Lord, Lord McNally, to speak, so have come in rather l...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 1A. I wish to reinforce what has been said by my noble...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. A small point was made ab...

Perhaps I may ask the Minister a question to address a lack of clarity. A moment ago, he basicall...

As the noble Baroness will know, I have stated the position as it is. Of course it is within the ...

Can I just confirm that the Government’s response to any such move would be exactly as we saw bef...

I have stated that the position is as it is now. I know the noble Baroness is seeking to develop ...

I am puzzled by this point. The amendment is concerned, under Clause 1(1), with the circumstances...

The point I was making was about the implication in the current wording of “appropriate”. This is...

My Lords, I am pleased to hear the Minister confirm that this House has the power to vote down st...

I thank the noble Lord for his late but important contribution. As I said to the noble Baroness, ...

May I ask for a clarification? The Minister just said the context could not be ignored. Is his co...

Perhaps I can read into what the noble Baroness seeks on this occasion. This is not an issue abou...

The noble Lord said that my intervention was late. This is Committee, and the advantage of Commit...

As ever, as I said, we live and learn. The noble Lord is of course right in this context: during ...

If I am allowed to speak, the reality is that neither House rejects subordinate legislation, even...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 7, leave out paragraph (d)

I shall speak also to Amendments 3 and 4 in my name and the other amendments in the group. Amendm...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 3 which, as my noble friend Lady Northover said, adds to t...

My Lords, I regard this amendment with considerable interest and look forward to hearing what the...

I did not want to tempt myself to get up too soon. I appreciate what the noble Lord has just said...

Before my noble friend sits down, does he agree that one of the reasons that British standing in ...

I thank my noble friend for his intervention and wholeheartedly agree that actions speak louder t...

My Lords, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Collins, I was allowing for any noble Lords to spea...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to this mini debate. In some ways, I was ...

I suggest to the noble Baroness that foreign policy and security are the primary responsibility o...

Indeed, security, and not just foreign policy, is a first aim of the whole of government. However...

Moved by

Lord Collins of Highbury

8: Clause 1, page 2, line 13, at end insert—

...

The purpose of this amendment is to reflect on the discussions that we have had with many NGOs ac...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 9, which stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lady ...

My Lords, Amendment 9 is broad enough to cover a range of activities—not just humanitarian assist...

My Lords, I follow on very much from what the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, has just said. I am o...

My Lords, en passant, the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, mentioned sanctions against Southern Rhodesia....

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group of amendments. The noble Lord, Lo...

I thank the noble Lord for his response and very much welcome his commitment to meet NGOs so that...

Moved by

Lord Judge

10: Clause 2, page 3, line 11, leave out sub-paragraphs (ii) and ...

My Lords, this amendment and the others in my name in the group arise in the context of the impos...

My Lords, I have added my name to these amendments, again with all due humility. I speak not as a...

If noble Lords will allow me, I forgot to draw attention to what the Constitution Committee had t...

I will speak to Amendments 19, 22 and 30 tabled in my name and that of my noble friend Lady North...

My Lords, I reassure the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, that his grandchildren will probably...

My Lords, these amendments seek to remove the ability of the Government to create sectoral financ...

My Lords, I shall withdraw the amendment for now; I may come back to it on Report. However, I do ...

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

15: Clause 2, page 3, line 39, at end insert—

“( ) st...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 46 and 78.

There is a lack of specific instructio...

I echo what my noble friend said and I commend the amendments to noble Lords, especially the Mini...

My Lords, to echo what has been said, the amendment would strengthen the Minister’s hand to act a...

My Lords, I am grateful for noble Lords seeking to strengthen the hand of the Minister at the Dis...

I thank the Minister for his reply. He said quite a lot about how we may diverge from the EU, but...

Am I to take it that the Liberal Benches are now suggesting that that is exactly what the Governm...

I am suggesting that the Liberal Benches might wish to take advantage of what the Government have...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

18: Clause 5, page 4, line 43, at end insert “unless they...

My Lords, I extremely glad that the Minister wishes to align so closely with the EU. I can think ...

My Lords, I do not have much more to add. Obviously, the amendments in this group are probing. I ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for raising this important issue. As we discussed earlier, t...

My Lords, following on from what the Minister has just said, perhaps I may be allowed to put a dr...

I thank the noble Lord for his suggestion. This was my thought when reading the Bill —it did not ...

My Lords, I found reading this Bill enormously instructive. I am no lawyer, but I nevertheless fo...

I have only a short sentence to say on this. Clause 8, on “Designated persons” is so widely drawn...

Amendments 33 and 34 concern Clause 10. Where Clause 10(6) says:

“The regulations may make ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this very brief debate thus far. This clause...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions. This clause does indeed seem to be challen...

Moved by

Lord Judge

24: Clause 9, page 9, line 32, leave out paragraph (b)

My Lords, I am beginning to have the awful feeling that I am punching jelly. There are so many re...

My Lords, I am pleased to see the Chief Whip in his place because we are getting to a point now w...

My Lords, I apologise for intervening in the debate at this late stage. I support what the noble ...

My Lords, we are having a bit of a Groundhog Day. Following on from the noble and learned Lords, ...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for moving his amendment. I know that he has spoken ...

I apologise for not having entered into the debate at an earlier stage but I have been reflecting...

I thank my noble friend for his intervention. He speaks from experience and, as someone who spent...

Can the Minister explain what the point is of having sanctions if you do not know who they are ag...

I suggest to the noble Lord that if there is a person who is not named but is connected to a grou...

My Lords, it really is not beyond the wit of parliamentary draftsmen to produce primary legislati...

Moved by

Lord Lennie

25: Clause 9, page 9, line 36, leave out “may” and insert “must”...

My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 26. Amendment 25 would replace “may” with “must”, which...

I shall speak to one amendment in this group, Amendment 61. I support the noble Lords, Lord Colli...

I shall speak to Amendment 60, which is in this group. It is simply a question of elementary proc...

What does my noble and learned friend envisage the position to be where the main sort of sanction...

Your name goes on the sanctions list before you are told, so as to avoid the dissipation of your ...

My Lords, I agree with the underlying principle of these amendments, which aim to ensure that des...

In the light of those helpful comments, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Judge

27: Clause 10, page 10, line 10, after “appropriate” insert “and ...

My Lords, this is just about the use of a word—it always is. It is a word that the Minister was k...

Maybe I should read out the Constitution Committee’s report, as it might be helpful for the recor...

From these Benches, I concur. I look forward to hearing what the Minister is planning to do in li...

My Lords, I agree with the spirit behind the amendments. Targeted sanctions inevitably involve si...

On the basis that the Minister is going to reflect, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Northover

37: Clause 12, page 11, line 19, leave out subsection (3)...

My Lords, this is part of the running theme of the Bill. Once again, we wish to know why Minister...

My Lords, I shall speak to both amendments in this group, because although referring to different...

For the moment, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Northover

39: Clause 14, page 12, line 26, at end insert—

“( ...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 42 and 50 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 42, proposed by the noble Baronesses, Lady Northover and Lady Sheeh...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and address particularly Amendments 40, 41 a...

My Lords, Amendment 39 seeks to enable the procedure by which individuals or entities could apply...

My Lords, I thank everybody, especially the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, for contributing at this lat...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

43: Clause 15, page 13, line 28, leave out paragraphs (d)...

I shall speak also to Amendment 45 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sheehan. I also su...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 44 in this group, which seeks to add the words printed in the...

My Lords, the provision of sharing information is vital to ensure that a sanctions regime works i...

I thank the Minister and others. He will know that the deletion of clauses is, as is usual in thi...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

47: Clause 16, page 14, line 12, leave out subsections (3...

I rise to move Amendment 47 and speak to the other relevant ones in the group.

We are seeki...

I have to inform the Committee that if this amendment is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 48 becau...

My Lords, I rise to address the whole issue of Clause 16 and Amendments 70 and 71, relating to pa...

My Lords, I shall be brief. I endorse what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, said. Like me,...

My Lords, I shall speak to the whole of this group of amendments. I gave notice of my intention t...

My Lords, I emphasise everything that has been said up to now about how unacceptable Clause 16 is...

My Lords, I do not want to repeat the comments that have been made. The one thing that I would ma...

My Lords, obviously I have noted the opinions that have been expressed, as the noble Lord, Lord C...

My Lords—

My Lords, it is this noble Lord doing that.

I am sorry.

The Minister will have heard the voices, including those from behind him on his own Benches. The ...