Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to other G7 and G20 countries to adopt in principle public registers of the beneficial ownership of companies within their jurisdiction.

The Government has advocated publicly accessible central registers of company beneficial ownership, including through the 2013 UK G8 Presidency, G7, G20 and EU engagement, and in bilateral discussions.

The Government successfully pressed for the implementation of central registers of company beneficial ownership information for all European Union Member States under the 4th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive. We continue to work bilaterally and through EU and G20 meetings to encourage international partners to show similar ambition.