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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank my brilliant researcher, Dan Ashcroft, for finding the great comments of all the Conservative Members. It was harder to find anything from the Minister, so it is good to…01 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Seventh sitting)We will come back to the amendment, and those with which it is grouped, but for now I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Schedule 8 agreed…01 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to support my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle. Like her, I am on the Treasury Committee, and I have to say to this Committee: please pass the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the Minister agree, though, that unless we know what is happening and somebody keeps the figures, there can be unintended consequences? Martin Coppack from Fair by Design…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Impact of the Gas Explosion in Galpin’s Road, Pollards HillShortly after 7 am on Monday 8 August, a gas explosion caused devastation in my constituency, changing the lives of the residents of Galpin’s Road forever. Beautiful four-year-old…21 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Second sitting)Q Would both our witnesses support giving the FCA and the PRA an explicit remit to report on how they have considered specific business models—including credit unions, building…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Second sitting)Q To both our witnesses, do you agree that there is a societal duty for the Government to ensure that the most vulnerable people in our society have free access to cash? Natalie…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Second sitting)Q I thank Which? for all the work it has done about the imperative of free access to cash. I do not think any of us are surprised that the Post Office announced that it had £3.45…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Can we just have a few words about free cash?19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)If people have to pay £1.99 every time they try to access £10 from a machine to keep them going for the week, that is a huge premium on being poor. In Pollards Hill in my…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q In the case of the Halifax, I could not even convince the Halifax to come to a public meeting to talk to people about their experiences. The banks are just carrying on in the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)And I will show you around. It is a great place. I will even buy you lunch in one of the cafés. Sheldon Mills: I am sold—I will come.19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q But you are not slowing the number of branch closures, and people are still experiencing these difficulties in Mitcham. Please: I would love you to come to Mitcham— Sheldon…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q I am really pleased that your mother gets good access to banking services. Unfortunately, that does not extend to a lot of the people in my constituency who do not feel able to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q Sorry, but my question is: what powers do you have and what are you doing? Sheldon Mills: I am coming to it. In the light of that, what we have sought to do as we have seen…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q The FCA announced in June that you would be strengthening the protection of access to banking services. Some might say that this was closing the stable door after the horse has…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (First sitting)Q Lovely. You will be very welcome; the people there would love to meet you. Finally—I crave your indulgence, Mr Sharma—I want to ask about access to cash. For most people’s…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateEven a screeching U-turn cannot repair the damage when we have already had the crash. When the Chancellor dismantled Trussonomics overnight, why on earth did he decide to carry on…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationTwo days before the Budget, a young constituent of mine hoped to buy her home through shared ownership. She was offered a mortgage at 4.28% interest by the Halifax. A day after…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI am sorry, Mr Speaker, I never expected to be called so early; I was so enjoying everybody’s contributions. I rise to pay my respects on behalf of my constituents in Mitcham and…10 Sept 2022