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Speech in General Committees - Mon 04 Feb 2019
Draft Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"I have a few questions for the Minister on some of the practicalities. I welcome the statutory instrument and think it eminently sensible, but even those of us who have more concerns about free movement than the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire accept that we need skilled people to come …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Draft Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations 2018

"I have just a few comments and questions about what we are doing here. To start with a slightly trivial one, the exemptions from having a statutory audit are set by EU regulation, and are based on thresholds for turnover and balance sheet size that are set in euros and …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Draft Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations 2018

"I think I understand what the Minister is trying to say, but just to confirm it, let us say a firm had the year end of 28 February 2019 and had to submit audited financial statements to a listing authority by some such time as the end of April or …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Draft Takeovers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"Will the Minister clarify what would happen if a takeover started before exit day, but had not been completed, and there was a co-operation arrangement, with two jurisdictions reviewing the proposed takeover? Presumably, after exit day, only one would be allowed to review it. Would a whole new process have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Nuclear Power

"I urge the Secretary of State to back small modular reactors, which could be the solution for lower-cost nuclear energy. Is there more the Government can do to help the industry bring forward these ideas so that we can be a leader in the world and not a follower?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What steps he is taking to ensure that the industrial strategy benefits consumers through increased competition. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend think that the competition regime that we have in the UK is fit for purpose, and are there sufficient resources to enable it to review all the major deals that seem to keep happening?..."
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Written Question
Companies: Registration
Monday 26th February 2018

Asked by: Nigel Mills (Conservative - Amber Valley)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies struck off the Register of Companies in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 had their applications not proceed with as a result of objections received; how many of those objections were received from HM Revenue and Customs; and how many applications in each category resulted in a striking off within six months of an objection being made regardless of that objection.

Answered by Andrew Griffiths

The table below shows the number of companies struck off the register where their application for strike off was put on hold as a result of any objection; how many of those objections were received from HM Revenue and Customs and how many applications in each category resulted in a striking off within six months of an objection being made regardless of that objection.

Voluntary Dissolutions

Any Objection

HMRC Objection

Financial Year

Location

Number of companies struck off that had any objection, meaning strike off was put on hold

Number of companies struck off that had any objection
during 6 months before strike off

Number of companies struck off that had an HMRC objection*, meaning strike off was put on hold

Number of companies struck off that had an HMRC objection*
during 6 months before strike off

2012-13

England/Wales

6414

2576

5402

1833

2012-13

Scotland

438

192

362

127

2012-13

Northern Ireland

38

23

17

10

2013-14

England/Wales

15086

2701

14016

1871

2013-14

Scotland

1024

258

927

185

2013-14

Northern Ireland

94

36

82

25

2014-15

England/Wales

11600

1601

10270

597

2014-15

Scotland

847

127

737

43

2014-15

Northern Ireland

113

19

97

9

2015-16

England/Wales

7842

2412

5904

637

2015-16

Scotland

651

200

471

22

2015-16

Northern Ireland

90

28

69

11

2016-17

England/Wales

10151

5767

8374

3882

2016-17

Scotland

849

477

646

254

2016-17

Northern Ireland

132

62

121

52

* A very small number of objections in this category were received from the Home Office, whose objections are logged together with those from HMRC.

Written Question
Companies: Ownership
Friday 23rd February 2018

Asked by: Nigel Mills (Conservative - Amber Valley)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many confirmation statements his Department has challenged for inappropriate declarations of beneficial ownership since the requirement to make that declaration was introduced; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Andrew Griffiths

69,543 confirmation statements were rejected for reasons specifically related to the provision of beneficial ownership details between 1 July 2016 and 31 January 2018. However, the majority of these are corrected by the company immediately when informed. The enforcement policy of Companies House is to help companies comply with their filing requirements, rather than immediately resorting to criminal or civil sanction. This is particularly important where there is reasonably new requirement such as the requirement to register beneficial ownership.

Written Question
Companies: Closures
Friday 23rd February 2018

Asked by: Nigel Mills (Conservative - Amber Valley)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies were struck off the Register of Companies in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in action instigated by (i) the company and (ii) the Registrar in each of the last five full years.

Answered by Andrew Griffiths

The number of companies struck off the register in the last five years, broken down by location and instigator, are detailed in the table below:

Number of Companies

Number of Companies

Dissolved (Struck Off - instigated by Registrar)

Dissolved (Struck Off - instigated by the Company)

England / Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

England / Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

2012-2013

121,265

6,428

1,271

128,964

138,475

8,341

1,343

148,159

2013-2014

130,840

7,006

1,169

139,015

160,166

9,112

1,494

170,772

2014-2015

151,908

8,324

1,508

161,740

175,866

10,071

1,822

187,759

2015-2016

162,459

8,800

1,730

172,989

190,732

11,190

2,023

203,945

2016-2017

190,217

10,204

1,878

202,299

197,184

11,692

1,928

210,804