Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

– in a Public Bill Committee at on 25 October 2022.

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[Mr Laurence Robertson in the Chair]

Photo of Laurence Robertson Laurence Robertson Conservative, Tewkesbury 9:25, 25 October 2022

Good morning, everyone. We are sitting in public and our proceedings are being broadcast. I have a couple of preliminary announcements. Hansard colleagues will be grateful if Members could email their speaking notes to hansardnotes@parliament.uk and I remind everyone—including myself—to turn mobile phones to silent.

We will first consider the programme motion on the amendment paper, and then a motion to enable the reporting of written evidence for publication and the motion to allow us to deliberate in private—which will take only a minute or so—before the oral evidence session. I hope to take those motions formally.

Ordered,

That—

1. the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 25 October) meet—

(a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 25 October;

(b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 27 October;

(c) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 1 November;

(d) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 3 November;

(e) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 8 November;

(f) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 15 November;

(g) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 17 November;

(h) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 22 November;

(i) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 24 November;

2. the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

Date

Time

Witness

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 10.10 am

UK Finance; British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 10.30 am

Lloyds Bank

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 11.05 am

The National Police Chiefs Council; Arianna Trozze

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 11.25 am

Jonathan Hall KC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 2.30 pm

Companies House; National Economic Crime Centre (National Crime Agency)

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 3.00 pm

City of London Police; Serious Fraud Office; The National Police Chiefs Council

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 3.45 pm

Spotlight on Corruption; Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime; UK Anti-Corruption Coalition

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 4.15 pm

Oliver Bullough; Bill Browder

Tuesday 25 October

Until no later than 4.45 pm

Professor John Heathershaw, University of Exeter; Chatham House

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 12.00 noon

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI; Transparency International

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 12.30 pm

OpenCorporates; Elspeth Berry, Nottingham Law School

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 1.00 pm

Graham Barrow

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 2.20 pm

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 2.50 pm

The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland; City of London Law Society

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 3.10 pm

Catherine Belton

Thursday 27 October

Until no later than 3.30 pm

Professor Jason Sharman, University of Cambridge

3. proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 48; Schedule 1; Clauses 49 and 50; Schedule 2; Clauses 51 to 90; Schedule 3; Clauses 91 to 100; Schedule 4; Clauses 101 to 134; Schedule 5; Clauses 135 to 141; Schedule 6; Clause 142; Schedule 7; Clauses 143 to 153; Schedule 8; Clauses 154 to 162; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

4. the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 29 November.—

Photo of Laurence Robertson Laurence Robertson Conservative, Tewkesbury

The Committee will proceed to line-by-line consideration of the Bill on Tuesday 1 November at 9.25 am.

Resolved,

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.—(Jackie Doyle-Price.)

Photo of Laurence Robertson Laurence Robertson Conservative, Tewkesbury

Copies of written evidence that the Committee receives will be made available in the Committee Room and will be circulated to Members by email.

Resolved,

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.—(Jackie Doyle-Price.)

The Committee deliberated in private.