CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

BEIS – CRACKDOWN ON RUSSIAN "DIRTY MONEY" - 28 February 2022

BEIS – CRACKDOWN ON RUSSIAN "DIRTY MONEY" - 28 February 2022

Dr Julian Lewis: I welcome the statement, as far as it goes. As a matter of principle, does my right hon. Friend agree that cleansing British public life of dirty Russian money is not quintessentially difficult?

[The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng): As my right hon. Friend appreciates, this legislation is timely. We are grateful that it seems to have elicited huge support across the House, and we are pleased to be able to expedite it.]