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Lords Chamber
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]
Committee: 3rd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) But, of course, it will only apply in Britain and for British companies. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LDEM - Life peer) Various other factors taken into account all favour large companies against small companies. - Speech Link
3: None She referenced a number of companies. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kramer (LDEM - Life peer) We have made our own register of companies public and transparent. - Speech Link
5: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) Legitimate British companies working there are not exploiting people. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Public Country-by-country Reporting - Wed 22 Nov 2017
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) , or for companies to put incredibly sensitive commercial data in the public domain. - Speech Link
2: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) We have huge numbers of very large companies listed on our stock exchange. - Speech Link
3: Caroline Flint (LAB - Don Valley) companies in London or our big cities is how transparent they are about the tax they pay. - Speech Link
4: Rupa Huq (IND - Ealing Central and Acton) Montserrat has already committed to put in place a public register. - Speech Link
5: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) Companies should be willing to pay, and Governments should be forcing them to pay. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft African Development Bank (Fourteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2017 Draft Asian Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2017 Draft Caribbean Development Bank (Ninth Replenishment of the Unified Special Development Fund) Order 2017 - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Swire (CON - Life peer) reasons we were giving rather less to the African Development Bank was because so many commercial companies - Speech Link
2: Rory Stewart (IND - Penrith and The Border) invests, particularly green energy, financial services and insurance, are sectors where British companies - Speech Link


Grand Committee
British Overseas Territories: Transport and Infrastructure - Thu 07 Sep 2017
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) I hope the Minister will give some indication of what he is doing to support the companies that have - Speech Link
2: Lord Bates (CON - Life peer) expressing their thoughts and prayers for all the people in the Caribbean, including those on Anguilla, Montserrat - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Criminal Finances Bill
3rd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 25 Apr 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stern (CB - Life peer) I note that Montserrat has already agreed to establish such a public register. - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) No—what you must do is stop them setting up dodgy shell companies in the first place. - Speech Link
3: None That notorious partnership created many thousands of shell companies. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Kinnoull (CB - Excepted Hereditary) of shifting good companies. - Speech Link
5: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Some properties are owned through off-shore companies in order to obscure their true owners. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Criminal Finances Bill
Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords - Mon 03 Apr 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LDEM - Life peer) These are the high-profile and costly areas where we have failed to prosecute large companies. - Speech Link
2: None No wonder it is only smaller companies that get pursued. - Speech Link
3: None , it would be in line with the requirement on UK companies to disclose ownership. - Speech Link
4: Lord Eatwell (LAB - Life peer) Companies House website. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) Management Law, the Companies Law and the Limited Liability Companies Law. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commonwealth - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LDEM - Life peer) substantial numbers in other countries too—India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Antigua, St Lucia, Montserrat - Speech Link
2: Lord Cashman (LAB - Life peer) those countries, too, such as LGBTI people who are asked by their Governments, NGOs or international companies - Speech Link
3: Lord Crisp (CB - Life peer) We have 4,800 companies in this sector, turning over more than £55 billion. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Mobarik (CON - Life peer) Group has invested only in Asia and Africa, but its portfolio of more than £3 billion covers 1,200 companies - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Criminal Finances Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Thu 09 Mar 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) This means that we will be able to hold to account companies which unreasonably fail to prevent their - Speech Link
2: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) about the beneficial owners of these companiescompanies which can be created in a matter of hours—has - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LDEM - Life peer) There is a case to say that all large companies should have something similar. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Finances Bill
3rd reading: House of Commons - Tue 21 Feb 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Pickles (CON - Life peer) All we are doing is putting British companies at peculiar risk.” That has not been the case. - Speech Link
2: Carolyn Harris (LAB - Swansea East) This was coupled with allowing for the removal of directors from companies who failed to ensure that - Speech Link
3: Lord Garnier (CON - Life peer) That was fine in the Victorian era, when most companies had one or two directors. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) , we cannot quite find enough evidence to prosecute those companies or their very senior directors. - Speech Link
5: Caroline Flint (LAB - Don Valley) Hooray for Montserrat! The rest have delayed at every step. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord St John of Bletso (CB - Excepted Hereditary) has played an incredibly important role in poverty reduction, working with these private sector companies - Speech Link
2: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) and going back to some of the traditions of the early days of the CDC when it invested directly in companies - Speech Link
3: Lord Shutt of Greetland (LDEM - Life peer) be but a pinprick for the CDC but could be highly significant for dependent territories such as Montserrat - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) The Prime Minister cannot on the one hand promise a crackdown on companies’ use of tax havens and at - Speech Link