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HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Q I am conscious of time, so I will allow others to come in, but I wish to ask Daniel about the work that you are doing on LIBOR. This is an incredibly complex area with lots of…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Q Simon, I want to focus on your responsibilities with respect to the Basel rules and the expertise of the regulator. Can you set out the competence that you have within your…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Thank you. That is all.17 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Sheldon. If I could move to Edwin, one of the 17 measures in the Bill deals with the wind-down of the LIBOR benchmark, which is an incredibly complex process by which…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Q Shall I move to Sheldon? One of the themes that has already come out in early observations is around the commitment, or not, to maintain our highest international standards. I…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (First sitting)Q It is good to have you before us for this first session. I have a question for each of you, but I will start with Vicky. Obviously there is a strong working relationship between…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomic Crime Plan: Action 19As part of the Government’s July 2019 Economic Crime Plan [1] , the Treasury undertook to consider the case for a Government power to block listings [2] on UK financial markets on…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Online ScamsI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Although I have not personally experienced that, through either my constituency or ministerial work, she makes a sensible point about…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Support for SMEs: Covid-19In the interests of time, I will not. It is for the devolved Administrations to decide how to use that guaranteed funding, irrespective of how the UK Government provide support.…10 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services for the EEA: Ministerial Equivalence and Exemption DirectionsThe Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/541) provides powers for the Treasury to…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Online ScamsI am grateful to the hon. Lady. The challenge is that there are multiple streams of activity because of the sophisticated nature of this problem. I certainly understand the risk…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Online ScamsMay I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd? I thank the hon. Member for Makerfield (Yvonne Fovargue) for securing a debate on this important topic.…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Support for SMEs: Covid-19May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward? I join the other Members who have congratulated my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillI understand the hon. Lady’s anxiety—it is one she has expressed to me a number of times over the past nearly three years. We asked Natalie Ceeney to do a review last spring.…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillI thank my hon. Friend for his question. As he says, the purpose of the measure is to provide, during the eight-week moratorium—longer for those with a mental health condition—a…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillI would be very happy to give way, as always.09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillWith the leave of the House, I too will speak for a second time. I thank hon. and right hon. Members for their contributions and I welcome the broad support that I believe exists…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillI think I have demonstrated that I have quite a lot to deal with in the Treasury, but I would be very happy to correspond with the hon. Lady further on the status of that Bill. I…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillHarsh.09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillEarlier today, we heard the Chancellor describe the UK’s financial services industry as fundamental to our economic strength. I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. This is…09 Nov 2020