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HANSARDDraft Securitisation (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the shadow Minister for her remarks. In response to her first question in relation to the concerns from some that there is some uncertainty in the SI, I do not recognise…14 May 2024HANSARD Royal Bank of Scotland Branch ClosuresI thank the hon. Lady for her point. On the notification of closures, banks and building societies are required to provide customers with at least 12 weeks’ notice, a summary of…14 May 2024HANSARD Royal Bank of Scotland Branch ClosuresI commend the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) on securing this debate. I know this subject is important to many of her constituents, and indeed to those…14 May 2024HANSARDDraft Securitisation (Amendment) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Securitisation (Amendment) Regulations 2024. This statutory instrument forms part of the Government’s programme to…14 May 2024HANSARD Royal Bank of Scotland Branch ClosuresI appreciate that intervention from the hon. Member. I will say to him, very directly, something that I was going to say later in my speech. In the case of rural constituencies—he…14 May 2024HANSARDDraft International Monetary Fund (Increase in Subscription) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft International Monetary Fund (Increase in Subscription) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…13 May 2024HANSARDCo-operative SectorThe Government acknowledge the vital contribution that co-operatives make to the economy. The “Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2023” report found that co-operatives generated a…07 May 2024HANSARDCo-operative SectorI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. I note his long-held interest in the co-operative sector, and the work that he does on it. So, what are the Government doing? They are…07 May 2024HANSARDCo-operative SectorI do not wish to comment specifically on Rotherham, but the best way of promoting co-operatives in general is to allow them to thrive as best they can, and to support their…07 May 2024HANSARDChild Trust Fund: Recipients with DisabilitiesOn 9 June 2023, the Ministry of Justice launched a programme to raise awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to how and when to access child trust funds. The first…07 May 2024HANSARDChild Trust Fund: Recipients with DisabilitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and I know how avidly she campaigns in this area. The House should know—and you should know, Mr Speaker—that I recently met my right hon.…07 May 2024HANSARDChild Trust Fund: Recipients with DisabilitiesI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. Indeed, working with not just the Ministry of Justice, but the Department for Work and Pensions is key to deliver this, as is…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right that this issue is critical. I am pleased that the ISSB recently announced its intention to commence a research project on a nature thematic…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn relation to the asset purchase facility and how that has worked over recent years, it is not His Majesty’s Government’s—or indeed the Treasury’s—intention to change the way in…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is important that the FCA bears in mind that it should not be distracted from its core focus on conduct and regulation by things that…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet my right hon. Friend to discuss the lifetime ISA, which is a fantastic product brought in by this Government to help young people to get on the housing ladder.…07 May 2024HANSARD Financial Conduct Authority: AccountabilityI thank the right hon. Member for that point, which I will consider carefully while I discuss the accountability of the FCA to Parliament and the Treasury. The Financial Services…01 May 2024HANSARD Financial Conduct Authority: AccountabilityIt is a pleasure to be here. I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for raising this extremely important issue for debate. Neither he nor the House…01 May 2024HANSARD Financial Conduct Authority: AccountabilityThe hon. Lady makes an important and fair point. I agree with her that access to cash—which, as she knows, this Government legislated for—needs primacy in the way she has…01 May 2024HANSARD Access to Banking: DevonIt is an absolute pleasure to respond to this debate, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) for securing it. We know that our colleagues in this place…24 Apr 2024