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HANSARD Exiting the EU (Financial Services)It is a pleasure to be here today and to have the opportunity to speak on these important provisions. Of course this is not the first time that I have sat across from the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019rose —19 Feb 2019HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanDoes my hon. Friend agree that we also need a debate on privatisation, given that we are seeing no public consultation on very significant changes, such as what is purported to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee with you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I am grateful to the Minister for his explanatory remarks. Once again, the Minister and I are here to…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you in the Chair, Sir David. As always, I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation of the statutory instrument. Once again,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the Minister for those clarifications. To be absolutely clear, the equivalence gap that I was concerned about was not about EU IFRS and whether they are…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is another one.19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I appreciate the Minister’s sincerity in trying to respond to my comments, and I apologise: I do not think I expressed myself clearly. I was referring to the fact that there could…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I know that the Minister and his officials are doing the best they possibly can in the extremely difficult situation that they should not have been put in, but I want to press him…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister is being enormously generous in giving way. I appreciate his comments, but I would like this put on the record. What I take from his remarks is that these regulations…19 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Financial Services)I am really pleased to see the Minister nodding, and I look forward to his explanation of why this has been an issue. Above all, we see secondary legislation being used…18 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Financial Services)First, may I associate myself with the heartfelt tributes that have been paid to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn), and I express my sympathies to his…18 Feb 2019HANSARDUK Nationals returning from SyriaWhen will this Government stop maintaining that they cannot liaise with British citizens until they leave Syria? They know that there are many British citizens, including one of…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018The Minister— [ Interruption. ]13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018I am very happy for the Minister to agree with what I am saying.13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018If I may, I will start my remarks with a brief observation. Far too often in this House, I have heard hon. Members suggest that the financial crisis was somehow the result of the…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018The overall regulatory structure for the financial services industry is surely not what we are talking about in this debate. We are talking specifically about the regulation of…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018I beg to move, That the Securitisation Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 1288), dated 3 December 2018, a copy of which was laid before this House on 4 December 2018, be revoked.…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018As ever, my hon. Friend makes an important, pertinent and brief point.13 Feb 2019HANSARD Securitisation Regulations 2018I will not strain the House’s patience, but I fear that the Minister, who is normally very clear in his remarks, is mixing apples and pears. He mentioned credit rating in relation…13 Feb 2019