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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI believe that is sometimes subject to debate. What I was saying to noble Lords is that it raises questions in this area that we need to consider. If I look back to the creation…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWhat I have tried to say to noble Lords is that, in bringing forward the proposals in this Bill, we absolutely recognise that, with the increased responsibilities that go to the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThat is a similar question to that of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and it is probably because I did not answer it satisfactorily that it has come up again. Noble Lords are…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI am afraid I am going to have to disagree with my noble friend’s point about consultation. I have spent too long in this Chamber, even in a limited time, being on the receiving…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThat is not what I am saying. One of the things that I was referring to with regard to the powers in the Bill was an amendment tabled in the Commons stages to try to respond to…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillIt would be best to set out in writing for noble Lords the specific areas of the consultation that sought to address the issues we are discussing today. As I have said, in…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Bridges of Headley and Lord Lilley for tabling these amendments, and for their contributions to this discussion. I will speak first to…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillIn Committee, we are discussing the different proposals that have come from noble Lords to solve these problems. I am trying to set out where the Government have previously…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillWhether it is there to aid others in the accountability structure or is an accountability body itself is a further question, but its proposed role raises questions about, for…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I would never want to speculate as to future parliamentary timetables. My noble friend Lord Naseby talked about the importance of listening to those who are impacted by…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I believe that I have already made the offer to noble Lords to meet to discuss the issue of accountability, both parliamentary accountability and the proposals such as…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I was simply pointing out that this Bill is the result of two rounds of consultation. The Government are criticised for bringing forward proposals without sufficient…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 22 February27 Feb 2023HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their contributions to today’s debate. I am glad that the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, recognised the significant uprating of child benefit…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023.22 Feb 2023HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023My Lords, I shall speak first to the Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2023. These…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023In some ways, that takes me on to the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, about the broader decision to uprate benefits by 10.1%, which has been welcomed across both…22 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2023.22 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThere is ongoing work to look at that question. There has been an interim finding, as it were, setting out a number of recommendations. At the moment what they do not do, in my…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, as the Chancellor has set out previously, it is vital that lessons are learned from both the recent disruption in the gilt market and the vulnerabilities in leveraged…20 Feb 2023