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HANSARDNational Savings (Remediation Scheme) Regulations 2026My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has clearly explained, the estates of deceased customers of NS&I were not always repaid money from all their accounts…22 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, my Amendment 81 in this group addresses a single issue. There is no possible way that the Small Business Commissioner can achieve his or her purpose without a strong…21 Jul 2026HANSARDDomestic Travel and Holidays: Visitor LevyMy Lords, we support devolving more economic power to local areas, but any visitor tax must come alongside vital relief for a sector that is already struggling under the…21 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskMy Lords, these allegations, if accurate, would represent a shocking breach of public trust by an organisation now owned directly by the Government. But it also demonstrates a…20 Jul 2026HANSARDMini-tender Offers: Protection for ShareholdersMy Lords, mini-tenders, even by firms otherwise authorised by the FCA, fall below the FCA’s regulatory threshold. In the future, can the Financial Ombudsman require remedy for an…15 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thought the Committee might like to be reminded why such a radical step as ring-fencing was taken after the 2008 financial crisis. It was in part because, in a…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I suspect that nobody in this Room would not speak out very strongly in favour of financial education and that, in this House, we would be really grateful if there were…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, this group originally preceded the one we just debated. I noticed the change this morning. My points in this group on ring-fencing are quite narrow. I am not…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am happy to withdraw.08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, we on these Benches in large part support the amendments in this group, with a few caveats. It is important to emphasise the frustration that we do not have today, and…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I am going to be brief again: these are very interesting amendments. The breadth of the amendments put before us by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, gives us a sense of the…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]That was very good too. I meant Amendment 164E, which is headed, “Shared digital identity and compliance utilities”. I come from a party that is always very concerned about…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I have one question for the noble Baroness, as my noble friend Lord Sharkey will speak for us on this. What will the cost be to the individual of going to the tribunal system? I…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly. As the Committee will know, I have expressed before my concern about heading towards a lowest common denominator. The constraints on the engagement…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I was delighted when I saw that the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, had put down these amendments, because it is so apparent, as he has clearly stated, that the whole issue of…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, makes so much sense to me on this issue. Having gone through the struggles of probate, I think that anything that will make it easier and…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I cannot improve on the three speeches that have been made. I rise simply to make clear that on these Benches, we think that this amendment is really important. We can…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I am always in favour of trying to provide streamlining, and this amendment offers a common-sense approach to that. However, an issue that I want to take up with the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDEmployment TribunalsMy Lords, the House will know that I do not believe that whistleblowing cases belong in the employment tribunal, but that is where they are. Does the Minister recognise that the…02 Jul 2026