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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I have a small query and seek clarification from the Minister. In clause 69(3), proposed new section 1067A(2) states:

“An individual may not deliver documents to the registrar on behalf of another person unless—

(a) the individual’s identity is verified”.

Will the identity of those entitled to deliver documents be …..."
Alison Thewliss - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)

"Yes, of course. I understand that if someone is delivering documents on behalf of themselves, there will be a check to see whether they are verified, but if someone is delivering documents on behalf of somebody else, the Bill seems to say that they also need to be verified. Is …..."
Alison Thewliss - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I have a brief point on a technical issue. It was flagged in evidence that some documents submitted electronically or posted on the Companies House website in electronic format were image files rather than searchable documents. I wonder what consideration the Minister has given to mandating the type of files …..."
Alison Thewliss - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)

"I have some questions about new clause 7. I am reading through it and trying, as I have done with many of the amendments, to put myself in the scenario of being the person who is carrying on business in the United Kingdom. It says that as that person, I …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Tenth sitting)

"I have been tracking for some time the number of times when a person of significant control for Scottish limited partnerships has not even been registered. Does the right hon. Lady agree that it is ridiculous that there are still 201 companies for which a person of significant control does …..."
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Written Question
Companies House: Contracts
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what dates the procurement exercise for an ID verification contract for Companies House (a) opened and (b) closed.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio

Companies House is unable to procure an identity verification provider until the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Bill has received Royal Assent. As such, the tendering exercise to procure an identity verification service has not yet begun.

To note, entirely separate to any ID Verification procurement exercises, Companies House did advertise a Digital Delivery Partner opportunity on GOV.UK Digital Marketplace from 10th October to 24th October 2022. This contracting opportunity relates to internal system changes that will move Companies House from the current model of multiple account services to a single log-in portal. Whilst this activity is an enabler for ID Verification, it is wholly distinct from any identity verification provider procurement exercise.

Written Question
Companies: Registration
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fines have been levied in each of the past ten years for the offence of false filing to companies house, and what estimate he has made of the value of those fines.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio

In cases prosecuted by the Insolvency Service, the total number and value of fines imposed on a defendant, in each of the past ten years, for a General false statement offence, contrary to Section 1112 Companies Act 2006 is:

2012 - nil

2013 - nil

2014 - nil

2015 - nil

2016 - nil

2017 - nil

2018 - 1 x £1,602.00

2019 - 1 x £15,000.00

2020 - nil

2021 - nil

2022 - (up to 31 October) 1x £500.00

Written Question
Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
Monday 7th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many qualifying Scottish Limited partnerships have not registered a person of significant control in each year since the requirement to do so came into force.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio

Further to the answer given to the Hon. Member on this topic on 3rd March 2022 to Question 131219, as of 31 October 2022, Companies House considers 8,204 of the Scottish Limited Partnerships (‘SLPs’) on the register to be active. Of these, 201 had no PSC information. This compares to 203 SLPs as of 31 January 2022, 213 SLPs in October 2021, 828 in January 2021, 948 in January 2020, 2,019 in January 2019 and 7,078 in January 2018 that had failed to register PSC information.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)

"The hon. Gentleman is making a really important point about nominee directors. Is he aware of a “File on 4” programme —I believe it was aired last year—about nominee directors being recruited via Facebook groups and paid to take on that role? Is he concerned that it may still be …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventh sitting)

"My reading of the amendment is that it relates to a person changing any details relating to any company in the register in the three months prior. One of the red flags that Graham Barrow raised when he gave evidence was companies that switch their name backwards and forwards multiple …..."
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