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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 44 I shall speak to Amendment 45 in this group. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, and my noble friend Lord Holmes of…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, various amendments in this group address different aspects of small and medium-sized banks and other financial institutions, and I am not opposed to having more and…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, most of the amendments in this group are about bank capital. I believe strongly that the setting of the capital requirements of individual banks should be about…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords for taking part in this debate; I think all have supported my Amendment 44 on continuity of contract, and I think the noble Lord,…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, having been a director of a regulated bank for most of the last decade and therefore on the receiving end of regulation, the idea of a skilled person review of the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill01 Mar 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, I am sorry that the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, cannot bring herself, as a woman, to share in rejoicing that women will now be recognised in the Bill. There has been…25 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, this is my first day in Committee and I place on record my interests as declared in the register, particularly my shareholdings in financial services companies. I am…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and those who have supported my amendments. It has been a very thoughtful debate with contributions from all…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I will not speak on the substance of most of the amendments in this group. In general terms I do not believe that alterations are required to legislation governing the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, I beg to move the amendment standing in my name on the Order Paper. This regrets that the drafting of the Bill does not respect the fact that only women can be pregnant.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have supported my amendment. There have been some wonderful, strong speeches today, far too many for me to refer to individually. The…22 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillAt end insert “but that this House regrets that the bill is drafted in a way which does not respect the fact that only women can be pregnant.”22 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI remind the House of my interests as recorded in the register. I am instinctively against all forms of protectionism, including those that apply to inward investment. Our current…04 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hammond of Runnymede and the noble Baroness, Lady Shafik, on their excellent maiden speeches. I look forward to their future…28 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight, who clearly has a much more exciting life on Twitter than I do. In respect of the substance of the amendment…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I expect that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, knows what I am about to say about her Amendment 20, which is yet another attempt to hardwire the…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am sorry to have to say to my noble friend Lord Lansley that I believe that your Lordships’ House should have nothing to do with this amendment. When the Taxation…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak only to Amendment 27 in this group. I do not support it, mainly because I believe it is not necessary to tell a public body how to do its job. The TRA will…06 Jan 2021