Fraud: Costs

09 Feb 2021

Home Office

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of fraud to UK consumers.

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Action Fraud

09 Feb 2021

Home Office

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud have been passed to Action Fraud in each of the last two years; and how many of those reports have resulted in a...

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Action Fraud: Finance

09 Feb 2021

Home Office

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Action Fraud's annual budget is.

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Fraud: Prosecutions

09 Feb 2021

Ministry of Justice

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for fraud have taken place in UK courts in each of the last five years.

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Financial Services: Fraud

05 Feb 2021

Home Office

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports were filed with regulators in (a) the UK and (b) other countries by UK based financial institutions in...

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Financial Services: Fraud

04 Feb 2021

Treasury

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether fraud is an agenda item for the memorandum of understanding to be negotiated between the UK and the EU on financial services; and if he will make a...

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

28 Jan 2021

Commons debates

I thank everyone who made this debate possible. Holocaust Memorial Day stands as a reminder of where racism and the dehumanisation of others can lead. Many years ago, I travelled to...

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Financial Services: Equivalence Recognition

26 Jan 2021

Treasury

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The Brexit deal was, in effect, a no-deal outcome for financial services. Already some trade has moved, and there is big uncertainty hanging over access to European markets for this vital UK...

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Schedule 3 - Prudential regulation of credit institutions etc

13 Jan 2021

Financial Services Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I will not detain the House for very long. As this is my last contribution to the debate on this Bill, I begin by thanking the Minister and his Bill team for their patience and forbearance...

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New Clause 27 - Money laundering offences: electronic money institutions, payment institutions and deposit-taking bodies

13 Jan 2021

Financial Services Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman makes a very strong point, and it is why we believe these are strong amendments. We should do this because it is right in itself, and it is an important signal to send about...

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New Clause 27 - Money laundering offences: electronic money institutions, payment institutions and deposit-taking bodies

13 Jan 2021

Financial Services Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that this throws into sharp relief the claim that we hold all the cards. It also throws into sharp relief the debate about divergence, as that remains...

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New Clause 27 - Money laundering offences: electronic money institutions, payment institutions and deposit-taking bodies

13 Jan 2021

Financial Services Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Madam Deputy Speaker, may I wish you, the Minister and the House a happy new year? The Bill returns to the House at a very important moment for the country’s economy and our financial...

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New Clause 3 - Treasury use of powers

15 Dec 2020

Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I do not propose to detain the House for very long. I thank the Minister for the typically courteous way in which he has led these short debates on the Bill. He has outlined the changes that the...

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New Clause 1 - Act to have effect notwithstanding any international or domestic law

15 Dec 2020

Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). I rise to speak to new clause 3 in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, and, with it, amendments 1 and...

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Clause 1 - Duty on goods removed to Northern Ireland

09 Dec 2020

Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I point out to the Minister that he said guidance was published in October; he cannot be referring to the guidance referred to in clauses 1 and 2, which talks about the regulations under the...

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Clause 1 - Duty on goods removed to Northern Ireland

09 Dec 2020

Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

As well as speaking to amendment 2, I will speak to amendment 3, which makes the same points, and say a word about new clause 2. All three have been tabled in the name of the Leader of the...

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Clause 1 - Duty on goods removed to Northern Ireland

09 Dec 2020

Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I beg to move amendment 2, page 2, line 43, at end insert— “(4A) The Treasury must publish guidance setting out its proposed approach to the reliefs, repayments and remissions...

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Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

09 Dec 2020

Commons debates

On that point about the “notwithstanding” clauses, can the Minister guarantee, given that neither the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill nor this Bill has finished its passage in the...

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Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill

09 Dec 2020

Commons debates

I thank everybody who has contributed to this short debate. To pick out a few, the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) told us that he was reserving his judgment on some of these measures,...

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Miscellaneous

09 Dec 2020

Commons debates

I am going to continue, because I do not have long to go. As the House has been reminded, it was Mrs Thatcher who said: “Britain does not break treaties. It would be bad for Britain, bad...

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