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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMay I ask again for a bit more clarification, which I specifically asked for on Amendment 28? Is the Minister saying that this is a power for the Treasury to amend primary…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI am sorry to interrupt, but perhaps the Minister could clarify something we discussed before. What she describes puts Parliament in the position of a consultee, which I do not…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, because my noble friend Lady Bowles has set out the position very well. I am…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I fear that if we were to follow the amendment from the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, we would indeed permit naked short selling. Like most people, I have no problem…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Minister has been very helpful, but I will ask the question that I think the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, would ask if he were still in his place: is there any kind of sunset…25 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillMy Lords, we shall obviously not oppose the Bill. It extends stamp duty relief until March 2025 to a larger group of first-time buyers and raises the lower-rate threshold for all…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillPerhaps I can help the noble Lord. Amendments must be written to be in scope; it is sometimes quite limiting.18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for his supportive words on the key aspects of my Amendment 120. Obviously, I have not participated in the broader issues of the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillYes, they were here earlier. My preference would be to create an overarching office of the whistleblower covering all public and private activity, as I have proposed in my Private…18 Jan 2023HANSARDBanks: Forged Customer SignaturesMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that both the regulators and the enforcement agencies are seriously underresourced in tackling wrongdoing in the financial services sector?…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I begin the first of the winding-up speeches by saying how much I welcome our three maiden speakers and by remarking on the excellence of their speeches. I look forward…10 Jan 2023HANSARDCryptocurrenciesMy Lords, will the Minister look again at the consumer duty in the Financial Services and Markets Bill, recognise its woeful inadequacies and replace it with a proper duty of…20 Dec 2022HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I begin by picking up a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Rogan. I was so shocked to learn earlier that energy payments had not been received by people in Northern…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTax-free ShoppingMy Lords, will the Government consider doing a proper cost-benefit analysis of this, which they have never done? Small shops are very much reporting that the actual spend has…15 Dec 2022HANSARDRetailers: CashMy Lords, I also welcome the Minister to his role. Thanks to the excellent work of the Access to Cash Action Group and LINK, new banking hubs are planned where a community is…15 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy Lords, do the Government agree that private citizens in the UK should follow the example that is being urged on British businesses and sell any shares they have in businesses…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy Lords, the Minister will be well aware that one of the ways in which members of the Russian oligarchy became resident in Britain was through the use of the “golden visa”…08 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I do not normally speak in national security debates, and I bow to the far greater expertise of everybody else involved today, but I could not let this Bill pass without…06 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection for Whistleblowing Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time. Relevant document: 19th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee02 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection for Whistleblowing Bill [HL]My Lords, I will follow the usual convention of not giving a wind-up speech at the end of a Private Member’s Bill, but I acknowledge that so many of your Lordships spoke so…02 Dec 2022