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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I have only a few comments on this group. As I listened to the comments on Amendment 17A, particularly those of my noble friend Lady Bowles and the noble Baroness, Lady…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 28 and 29 are in my name. Amendment 30 is in the name of my noble friend Lady Bowles and I am very supportive of it, but I am going to focus my remarks on…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]Then I cannot see how they can be narrowed.22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]It is a great privilege to wind up for the Lib Dems. People will know from Second Reading that I am very strongly of the same mind as the noble Baronesses, Lady Noakes and Lady…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]Can the Minister clarify something? Is he saying that, provided you comply with an FCA rule, you are then always fair and reasonable? That is what I am taking away from this. I…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I have a question for the noble Lord, Lord Davies. My understanding of the principles is that they sit at the top, and the rules are derived from them. But this is a focus on the…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I beg to move.22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am not sure that is what the legislation says; I think it says “rules”.22 Jun 2026HANSARDFace-to-face Banking ServicesMy Lords, the tech companies are rapidly moving into the banking space—digital money, wallets, payments, payroll, savings and investments. Will the Government insist that these…18 Jun 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, I am stepping in today for the noble Lord, Lord Fox, who unfortunately cannot be here. I will do my best to channel him, but I know the House would have had more…09 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, as the first of the winding speakers, I thank the Minister for his willingness to meet. I suspect that after listening to what has been an extraordinary, exceptional…08 Jun 2026HANSARDBreast Cancer Screening: Women Over 70I am over 71, yet I had no idea until this moment that a self-referral programme was in place—and I have just had a friend in her early 70s go into surgery for breast cancer. How…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic ResponseMy Lords, till sales at UK supermarkets slowed to growth of just 0.2% in the three weeks to mid-May. Families do not know how they will cope with higher fuel costs, higher council…01 Jun 2026HANSARDHigher Earners: EmigrationMy Lords, I have a personal interest in this. Do the Government recognise that outdated tax treaties are driving away talent that the UK wants, especially in life sciences and AI?…21 May 2026HANSARDVAT Relief: Business DonationsMy Lords, most foods subject to VAT are high in fat, salt and sugar and are often ultra-processed. Is there a danger that VAT relief will increase the donation of such foods to…19 May 2026HANSARDDefence, Security and Resilience BankMy Lords, I am now completely bewildered. I would have thought that, with the state of the gilts market, the Government would be leaping at the opportunity to find AAA financing…19 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Fox has had to leave, as the cold lurgy got him; undoubtedly, it will now get me over the weekend. The core point of his speech—the significance of…14 May 2026