Select Committee · Treasury Committee

Economic crime

Status: Closed Opened: 23 Oct 2020 Closed: 28 Jun 2022 36 recommendations 20 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will review what progress has been made in combatting economic crime since the Committee’s inquiry on the subject in the previous Parliament. This inquiry will have two strands: • Anti-money laundering systems and the sanctions regime • How consumers are affected by economic crime It should be noted that the Committee will not … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eleventh Report - Economic Crime HC 145 2 Feb 2022 56 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
18 Recommendation Eleventh Report - Economic Crime Accepted in Part

It is not appropriate that online companies should profit both from paid-for advertising for financial...

It is not appropriate that online companies should profit both from paid-for advertising for financial products and from warnings issued on their platforms by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about those advertisements. We urge all online companies to work constructively with the FCA and to follow Google’s example by giving … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government agrees it's inappropriate for online companies to profit from both ads and warnings, notes Google offered advertising credits, but mentions struggling to engage with other platforms and that there will be no refund of past spending.
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Correspondence

8 letters
DateDirectionTitle
1 Oct 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Facebook regarding the Economic Crime evidence session…
1 Oct 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Amazon regarding the Economic Crime evidence session, …
1 Oct 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Google, regarding the Economic Crime evidence session,…
1 Oct 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair to eBay regarding the Economic Crime evidence session, da…
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to Fi…
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from FCA Chief Executive relating to FinCen Papers, dated 9 October 2020
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Lord Callanan, Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibi…
23 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister of State for Security, relati…

Meetings & visits

1 item
DateTypeDetail
14 Jun 2021 Formal meeting · Virtual meeting