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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 April 2025
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Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

Is there a reason why it could not make it mandatory to keep the register up to date?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

Right, okay. But it would maybe be owned by a—

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

Right. Understood.

On the point about privacy, when registrations are going up, whether they are accurate or in error, what is done to make sure that the permissions for posting that information have been obtained?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

—but they are putting in someone else’s information—the information about the debtor.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

How do we ensure that they have permission to put that information about the debtor up there in a public space?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

That is correct.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

Who adjudicates that? Presumably, the register does not adjudicate that, if there is a dispute.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

Therefore, the responsibility really lies with the creditor, except that that is optional, not mandatory.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

The first questions that I asked were about identifying organisations that are outwith the UK, whether there is enough information in the register to do that and how we ensure that appropriate permissions have been obtained and that privacy is protected when registrations are happening.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 29 January 2025

Lorna Slater

There is an interesting question there about how that would overlap with international law, if there is a charge against something that is owned by someone outwith the UK because a Scottish business took out a loan against that. Is that the purpose of that registration?