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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I had not intended to speak on this subject, but I very much agree with everything that has been said, especially by the noble Baroness, Lady Young, just now, about the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, for the purposes of Committee I declare my interests in the register, in particular as a non-executive director of the London Stock Exchange. I will comment only briefly…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, on venturing into commodities. I remember many happy hours—I call them that—when I was chair of ECON, discussing…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillIf I may drag the Minister back to where she was just finishing off, in her response to me and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, she said that the UK would continue to observe…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I have some questions which arise from what the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, said. If we want to go back to before the EU had the single market in financial services, we…25 Jan 2023HANSARDBanks: Forged Customer SignaturesMy Lords, since the Minister has just raised the Financial Conduct Authority, should it not have a clear objective to prevent fraud, rather than it just being under consumers?…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare my financial services interests in the register and my membership of the international Systemic Risk Council. This Bill falls short on accountability. During…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022My Lords, I was not expecting to have to do the dashboards but, as the Minister will know, I intervened during the passage of the Pension Schemes Act. I was there for the money…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for the introduction. It does not matter how many times I read these kinds of explanations about what is going on, I still find them totally…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityMy Lords, the mini-Budget caused sharp falls in the value of sterling, gilts and confidence in the UK’s rating. Despite policy reversals, there is substantial residual damage in…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityI am sorry, I know that the Minister keeps being interrupted, but maybe it should all come at once. She mentioned that the Bank of England had powers to intervene. I would be very…03 Nov 2022HANSARDDefined Benefit Pension FundsMy Lords, a key focus of the IORP directive, which was transposed into the Pensions Act 2004, was to prohibit borrowing so that assets are retained for the payment of pensions and…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, the Government have U-turned on some of their insensitive Reaganomics, giving tax cuts and perks to the wealthy during a cost of living crisis for the wider population,…10 Oct 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I identify with the comments on constitutional matters led by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, on Thursday. During Brexit legislation much was made of requiring…16 May 2022HANSARDOff-Payroll Working (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I was a member of the Economic Affairs Committee and the sub-committee at the time of this report and I mainly want to address those principles. I agree with the…27 Apr 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, as I am sure the Minister has noted, there were significant contributions about review in the earlier stages of the Bill. It is in that vein that these Benches worked…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Act 2021 (Monetary Penalties) (Turnover of a Business) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these statutory instruments. As has been said, they follow on from the National Security and Investment Act 2021 that we concluded…01 Nov 2021HANSARDElectricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, this is a set of changes to the capacity market system following a consultation. As a serial responder to consultations—although not in fact to the one relating to…21 Jul 2021HANSARDBank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this regulation, which is consequential on the changes to powers laid out in the recent Financial Services Act—which we debated for…08 Jul 2021HANSARDOffice of the Whistleblower Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to commence the winding up on this Second Reading of a Bill that has cross-party support. It proposes an office of the whistleblower, as recommended by…25 Jun 2021