Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill
An overview of the progress of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill through the House of Commons prior to report stage.

Dame Margaret Hodge and Kevin Hollinrake have secured a Backbench Business Committee debate on economic crime, scheduled for Thursday 2 December in the Main Chamber.
In discussions with the Backbench Business Committee requesting this debate on 16 November 2021, Mr Hollinrake noted that the debate had cross-party support from over 40 parliamentarians.
Dame Margaret Hodge said the UK had become “the jurisdiction of choice for a lot of dirty money”. Our Library briefing Economic crime in the UK: a multi-billion pound problem discusses the threat of economic crime and the Government’s Economic Crime Plan.
The debate seeks to hold the Government’s “feet to the fire” on its upcoming Economic Crime Bill, focusing on three things:
Other relevant Library briefings are:
An overview of the progress of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill through the House of Commons prior to report stage.
The bill would prevent sentencing guidelines from referring to personal characteristics such as race, religion or belief, and cultural background in their guidance regarding when a pre-sentence report should be requested.
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