Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 31088
Companies: Fraud
Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help ensure that companies cannot commit fraud by changing their company name.
Answer
Justin MaddersThe Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 introduced new powers that build on the existing controls of company names. These powers will be used in accordance with the Registrar’s new statutory objectives.The Registrars of Companies can now re...
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