All 1 James Cleverly contributions to the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016

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Tue 19th Apr 2016
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [Lords]
Commons Chamber

3rd reading: House of Commons & Report stage: House of Commons

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Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [Lords]

James Cleverly Excerpts
3rd reading: House of Commons & Report stage: House of Commons
Tuesday 19th April 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Charles Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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I am sure that there will always be people who are opposed to what I am trying to do. That is the nature of society—we live in an open society in which people have different points of view on many issues. The fourth money laundering directive should be about capturing bad people in its scope, not capturing all people. If everyone is thought of as bad, it is very difficult to identify who is actually breaking the law. We want to go after the law breakers, not those people who, by accident, are described or identified as PEPs by banks in this country.

James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly (Braintree) (Con)
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Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the rush to implement these actions ahead of the directive indicates a desire by the banks to take what seems to be decisive action against a group of people who are quite easy to target, and that the banks will be less keen to take that action against people who are harder to track down? [Interruption.]

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I know the fondness of the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Sir Greg Knight) for live music, and it is a fondness that I share, but there are limits.