| Heading: |
Companies: Registration |
| Question ID: |
1787458 |
| UIN: |
HL6043 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5026 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Freeman of Steventon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Freeman of Steventon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to prevent companies from wrongly listing a foreign company as a person of significant control in the Companies House register, and (2) to ensure that those identified as having done so either |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
In limited cases, a foreign company can be a relevant legal entity (RLE) and can be legitimately recorded as a UK company's person with significant control ("PSC"). The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 will introduce new requir... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |