Scotland Bill

Lord Gilbert Excerpts

Thursday 15th March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Sassoon]

I am very happy to give that confirmation and will write.

[Lord Gilbert]

I distinctly heard a few minutes ago the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, refer to bogus companies. This is a new concept to me, but the phrase did not seem to throw the Minister at all. Will he tell us what he thought the noble Lord referred to when he mentioned bogus companies?

[Lord Sassoon]

My Lords, if the noble Lord had heard the richness of this debate he might have understood the context in which all this was raised. I was pointing out that quite a lot of what my noble friend raised, if it relates to bogus companies and other things, will already be under the microscope of HMRC, which will deal with it as part of its normal UK responsibilities.