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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (First sitting)

"Q Are you confident that the enforcement agencies will have sufficient resources to make full use of the new powers in the Bill?

Detective Superintendent Harman: Yes I am. In fact, the Bill is very helpful for counter-terrorism in that one of its sections allows us to make more …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (First sitting)

"Q I will be quick because you have touched on a lot of the stuff about which I was going to ask, particularly about the overseas corporate offence and how that works in practice. Mr York, will this actually pick up companies that operate mainly out of the overseas …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (First sitting)

"Q Even though they have headquarters over there?

Simon York: Yes. That is precisely one of the targets of the legislation. If a company is facilitating tax evasion that is occurring in the UK—someone evading UK taxes—it would absolutely catch that. Equally, if that organisation is based overseas …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q This question is really a supplementary to some of Dr Huq’s comments on the overseas territories. I asked a previous panel including the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC and the Crown Prosecution Service whether they thought they had the resources to go in there. They have automatic access to …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q As far as the Bill goes on transparency, obviously it is only for the UK. You have also been talking about other countries and it is up to them to follow our lead and have more transparency.

Toby Quantrill: The UK has legislative authority over the overseas territories...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Yes, but I think Mr Leask was talking about other countries and corrupt Governments. We cannot cover that in the Bill. We can cover the overseas territories. Were you not talking about other countries outside the overseas territories when responding to Mr Mullin?

David Leask: We were talking about the …..."
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Written Question
Police: Ferries
Thursday 27th October 2016

Asked by: Flick Drummond (Conservative - Meon Valley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the French government on the deployment of armed police on ferries operating across the English Channel.

Answered by Ben Wallace

Earlier this year officials met, and have since been working closely with, French counterparts to discuss the current trial deployments of French sea marshals.

Arrangements for maritime security, including on cross -channel ferries, are kept under constant review.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
EU Nationals in the UK

"Like other Members of the House, I very much regret the increased reports of abuse and racism over the last two weeks. I represent a diverse and vibrant community in Portsmouth, which, as a port city, has always looked out to the wider world and welcomed people from everywhere.

As …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
EU Nationals in the UK

"Yes, I totally agree, and that is also one of the reasons for the rise of UKIP because people saw it as being able to control immigration. It is something I completely abhor.

Those who come to the UK under a set of laws and immigration rules should be free …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Portsmouth, there are 4,000 international students from 130 countries. Does my right hon. Friend agree not only that they help the immediate economy, but that the relationship between such foreign students and Britain should last a lifetime and helps the long-term political and economic future of Britain?..."
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