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HANSARD Accountability in Financial RegulationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) on securing this important debate. He has a distinguished background in finance, and clearly knows of what he speaks.…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI thank the hon. Member for his contributions to the ongoing debate. I have said that there is an opportunity for us to design in financial inclusion; that is one of the…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundIt is indeed my aspiration to visit the hon. Gentleman’s expansive and rural constituency one day. Let me reassure him and the House that this long-term project will in no way…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI thank my hon. Friend for her endorsement of today’s proposals. She should know that I am as concerned as she is about the fair deal for savers in general. As interest rates have…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for her work as chair of the crypto and digital assets APPG. I hope it has been a productive number of weeks with the consultation paper…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI accept that the Command Paper has just been published, but when my hon. Friend has the opportunity, he will be able to look at the detail of the operation of such a scheme,…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundNo.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundMy hon. Friend makes two important points. The first is about the long-term nature of this Government, whose focus on delivery extends to the Prime Minister’s organisation of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDIn-person Banking ServicesWe want everyone to have appropriate access to banking services. Decisions on branches are commercial decisions for firms to take, but we have ensured that the regulatory…07 Feb 2023HANSARDIn-person Banking ServicesI would be happy to meet the hon. Lady to talk about the challenges her constituents face. In its information pack about the closure, Barclays revealed that only 22 customers use…07 Feb 2023HANSARDIn-person Banking ServicesI will be delighted to visit, and I commend the good work done by Link and the access to cash action group.07 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Inclusion: Under-18sFor under-18s, financial education is a key part of building financial capability. The statutory citizenship curriculum provides essential knowledge so that 11 to 16-year-olds are…07 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Inclusion: Under-18sMy hon. Friend makes an important point about it never being too early to start the important work of financial inclusion. I am convening the financial inclusion policy forum next…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. To govern is to choose and we ask our regulators to make choices to prioritise. It is one reason why we are looking at reform of…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundThe right hon. Gentleman might usefully and productively have a conversation with his own Labour Front Benchers, who only a moment ago were accusing us of moving too fast. The two…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundMy hon. Friend and, indeed, predecessor highlights one of the potential concerns: one is either instinctively too early or too late in bringing matters to this House. Although…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundThe right hon. Gentleman runs the risk, if I may say so, of confusing a particular attribute of what is a very large sector. This is not a cryptoasset; the digital pound would not…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI thank my hon. Friend for her, as ever, wise points, as well as her wise chairmanship of the Treasury Committee. It is absolutely imperative that savers get the interest rates…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundIt is always a pleasure to hear from the hon. Lady, in what I think was a welcome from His Majesty’s Opposition for the joint consultation between the Treasury and the Bank of…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundBefore I give my statement, may I add my voice to those in the previous statement on the Turkey and Syria earthquake? My heart goes out to all the people affected by that. With…07 Feb 2023