(7 years, 5 months ago)
Commons Chamber Chris Bryant
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Chris Bryant 
        
    
        
    
        So far, we have been talking about public registers of beneficial ownership of companies. Does my right hon. Friend accept that this should also apply to beneficial ownership of trusts? It seems incomprehensible to me that we in this country should keep the trusts quite separate and quite hidden.
 Dame Margaret Hodge
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Dame Margaret Hodge 
        
    
        
    
        I completely concur with the point made so forcefully by my hon. Friend. No doubt that will be subject to further campaigns for a change in legislation over the coming period.