Written questions

Property Transfer: Money Laundering

Commons · Question 90621 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of implementing a pilot scheme for banks to provide standardised anti-money laundering checks for use in property transactions.

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 20 Nov 2025

The requirements for anti-money laundering checks in property transactions are set out in the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs). The MLRs are not prescriptive in setting out precisely how banks and other regulated firms should undertake anti-money laund...