UK Criminal Finances Bill

I am writing to update you on the progress of the Criminal Finances Bill through the UK Parliament, which includes amendments concerning the creation of public registers in the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.

Although both amendments were withdrawn during the House of Lords debate on Monday, this stage is often used to establish key issues, and we will be monitoring the next stage of the bill, scheduled for Tuesday 25 April, when the amendments are more likely to be pushed.

Watch Monday's House of Lords debate on the Criminal Finances Bill here

Criminal Finances Bill amendments

The amendments to the Criminial Finances Bill would force Overseas Territories to establish public registers by 2019 and would require the UK Government to report on the progress that Jersey and the other Crown Dependencies had made by the end of next year.