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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWe are always happy to listen to the hon. Member, but we are in danger of repeating ourselves. Let me briefly give my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris…26 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I was pleased to join him in a Westminster Hall debate about the regulation of the cryptoassets sector. I commend the work done in this…20 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to talk about the range of options. I am delighted about the solution proposed for Bramhall, in her constituency. Last week, I visited the…20 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She will be aware of what is in our Financial Services and Markets Bill, and I can update the House by saying that the Government have…20 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can give my hon. Friend the assurance he seeks. He will know from his significant contribution to the Financial Services and Markets Bill as it has gone through this House that…20 Jun 2023HANSARDConsumers of Financial Services: CompensationYes, I will. I have had conversations with the hon. Member about that, and I will take up the case of any unwarranted delays.20 Jun 2023HANSARDConsumers of Financial Services: CompensationMy hon. Friend is a strong champion of consumers who have suffered financial loss, particularly through his chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group on personal banking…20 Jun 2023HANSARDConsumers of Financial Services: CompensationWe set out the terms of that settlement in 2010 and there is nothing to update the House on today.20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesI always listen enormously carefully to my hon. Friend’s powerful advocacy for Stoke-on-Trent, and his constituents put their trust in this Government. One thing they put their…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesAs ever, my hon. Friend’s question is apposite when it comes to Treasury matters. There are indeed long-term fixed-rate mortgages on the market, and I have taken advice from…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesAs ever, I listened carefully to the right hon. Gentleman’s rhetoric. I ask him whether he has learned the lesson from what we saw with the last Labour Government, who spent their…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesNot for the first time, the Chair of the Treasury Committee is on the money in her understanding of what is driving the markets, and in her advocacy and championing of the fact…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesI thank the hon. Member for her question, but regrettably the proposal that she and her party put forward would not only delay the point at which we are able to bear down on…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Not only are we taking action and taking the tough decisions to sustainably improve the nation’s finances, but we are working with…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesMuch as the Opposition would prefer this not to be the case, it is a fact that this is impacting across western economies. Although market-to-market comparisons are not always…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesWe recognise that this is a concerning time for homeowners and mortgage holders, but we cannot ignore the fact, much as some may wish to, that interest rates have risen across…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Ombudsman Service Decisions: Cost of ImplementationI respect the hon. Member for raising this issue. It has however, been raised many times before in this House, and answered from this Dispatch Box as well.20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Ombudsman Service Decisions: Cost of ImplementationThe Financial Ombudsman Service offers a proportionate and informal resolution of disputes that is cost-free for consumers. Where it upholds a complaint against a firm, it can…20 Jun 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of MortgagesWhat went right is the fact that we on the Government Benches not only always focus on the stability of the nation’s finances to get inflation and interest rates falling further…20 Jun 2023HANSARDCo-operatives and Friendly Societies: Law Commission ReviewThe Government recognise that co-operatives and friendly societies make an important contribution to the growth and diversity of the economy, supporting competition across all…19 Jun 2023