MP Expense Claim
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Date
Tue 9th Apr 2024
60240550-1
Type
Office Costs
(Landline phone & internet - rental & usage)
Description
office telephones
Landline & internet package
MP Expense Claim
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Date
Sat 30th Mar 2024
60232965-1
Type
Office Costs
(Postage & couriers)
Description
Office Clearance
MP Expense Claim
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Date
Thu 14th Mar 2024
60233010-1
Type
Office Costs
(Service charge & ground Rent)
Description
Constituency Office Estate Charge
MP Expense Claim
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Date
Thu 14th Mar 2024
60233000-1
Type
Office Costs
(Utilities)
Description
Office Electricity
Electricity
Written Question
Monday 26th February 2024
Asked by:
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question
to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to enhance due diligence procedures for individuals establishing limited companies.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake
- Shadow Minister without Portfolio
The Government is taking action to enhance checks conducted on individuals establishing limited companies. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and the majority of new powers will come into force in March 2024. Companies House will have enhanced abilities to protect the integrity of the register. This will include powers to query suspected fraudulent incorporations and require further evidence. During 2025, compulsory identity verification checks will be implemented for directors (and equivalents), persons with significant control and those filing information with Companies House before they can transact with the Registrar.
Written Question
Monday 26th February 2024
Asked by:
Scott Benton (Independent - Blackpool South)
Question
to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to implement financial safeguards to prevent individuals who have previously mismanaged businesses from establishing limited companies.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake
- Shadow Minister without Portfolio
The Insolvency Service takes robust enforcement action against directors where there is evidence of unfit conduct and will bring disqualification proceedings where in the public interest.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 will further strengthen these safeguards. Individuals who are disqualified under director disqualification legislation will be prohibited from being appointed as a director and their existing directorships will become void. The Act also extends the grounds for making a director disqualification order so that individuals who persistently breach new identity verification or filing requirements may face disqualification.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Oral Answers to Questions
"Media reports have suggested that white men have been actively discriminated against in recruitment, and that security checks may be relaxed due to promoting ethnic diversity within the Army. A number of senior military figures have purportedly warned that the pervasiveness of woke ideology being pushed on to the armed …..."Scott Benton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Oral Answers to Questions
"3. What steps he is taking to increase the size of the Army. ..."Scott Benton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Feb 2024
UK Economy
"The number of those who are on long-term sickness benefits in Blackpool has increased fourfold over the last few decades. That represents an enormous loss of potential, and it is also hurting economic growth and productivity. The Government’s proposed reforms in this area are to be welcomed, but rather than …..."Scott Benton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Blackpool: Regeneration
"It is a pleasure to open this Adjournment debate on the regeneration of Bond Street and Waterloo Road in Blackpool, two areas of my constituency in particular need of capital investment, for reasons that will become clear.
Before I go on to speak particularly about those two areas, it would …..."Scott Benton - View Speech
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