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HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]That was a hint to rise. I will speak to my Amendment 52, but I must first apologise to the Committee that I was unable to speak at Second Reading, my scrutiny hours having been…21 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment is about insurance-linked securities—ILS—which are the UK’s version of fully funded risk transfer vehicles, which were legislated for in 2017. They…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in the debate. I must say that I find the Minister’s response rather disappointing. He is saying that the status quo is all right, but…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I broadly support Amendment 142A, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing it forward. I also think that the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I thank the Minister and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe; I might take the noble Baroness up on her offer to proceed further with something to do with blind voting. I…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, my amendment proposes that the Treasury makes litigation funding a regulated activity, with a list of matters that I propose should be covered in the amendment.…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, and the Minister for their comments in this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Carlile, may be interested to know that I am a victim of…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, building societies occupy a unique place in the United Kingdom’s financial system. Unlike banks, they are not owned by external shareholders; they are owned by their…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments. They almost follow naturally from the debate that we had earlier about the need for a structurally competent wholesale function within the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I sometimes think that a useful thing to do with the Minister would be to sit down with him with the rulebook and go through some scrutiny. Perhaps he might then begin…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving this amendment, I shall speak also to Amendment 123 in my name. As I have said before in Committee, when we have been talking about proportionality, it is at…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this debate, in particular the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her last intervention; I presume that the Minister had finished…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I am moving my Amendment 121, and I support the amendments in this group in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bridges. My proposal is for an independent oversight…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]Shortly after my proposal first surfaced, I was contacted by people involved in the Australian royal commission on financial services, because they had noted that I had reached…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am sorry, but I am replying to the Minister, and I have to say some things again because he was out of the Room. I am trying to explain that the Bill introduces a second need,…01 Jul 2026