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HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesI agree with my hon. Friend. She is right to highlight—she did so in her speech—the many difficult issues with conduct in the UK banking industry, and specifically the abuses of…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesThat is an interesting submission. Ultimately, if we wish to see the kind of developments that my hon. Friend and I would like to see, we have to have the Treasury behind them, in…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesWill the Minister give way?14 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Once again, the Minister and I are here to discuss a statutory instrument that makes provision for a regulatory…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I am someone who believes in Parliament—I believe in it not just as a way to pass the laws under which we are governed and to hold Ministers to account but, crucially, as a way of…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Markets and Insolvency (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I suspect that the Minister may need some inspiration to answer this question, but could that be a cumulative process? Could it be used only once, or could a series of annual…05 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Markets and Insolvency (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. Once again the Minister and I are discussing a statutory instrument that would make provision for a regulatory…05 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Solvency 2 and Insurance (Amendment, Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION (Amendment) (EU EXIT) Regulations 2019
DRAFT FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATES and Other Financial Groups (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Henry. Once again the Minister and I are here to discuss a statutory instrument that makes provision for a regulatory…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I understand very clearly what the Minister is saying. However, we have sold this process to the public and to our colleagues in the rest of Parliament as a process that continues…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Good morning, Mr Hanson; it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair. Once again, the Minister and I are here to discuss one of the many Treasury statutory instruments that make…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I understand what the Minister is saying about the unworkability of the legislation if this does not go through, but from what he is saying it seems that if this SI were not…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThe Prime Minister is still refusing to countenance any form of new customs union. Putting aside her interpretation of the referendum result on that point, because that is…21 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI rise to say that I have no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government. In doing so, I will not address the domestic record of the Government—I wish that I had time to do so as it…16 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Investment Allowance and Cluster Area Allowance (Relevant Income: Tariff Receipts) Regulations 2018It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Davies. It is, indeed, always good to start the day with a Treasury statutory instrument; the Minister and I…09 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillThe merits of the Government undertaking contingency measures are different from the political case that we must consider, which is whether we would find it desirable to undertake…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillWe simply do not know the answer to that question. I always listen to what the right hon. Gentleman has to say in Treasury and Finance Bill debates, but he is one of the…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillThe Father of the House is as accurate as ever. Some colleagues are pursuing a dangerous argument that all our trading relationships with countries that are not in the EU are…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have just talked about some of the consequences of crashing out without a deal. I have talked about relationships, about tariffs on products and…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillI am extremely glad that that issue has come up, because the opportunities created by growth outside the EU have no relationship to our membership of the EU, and could possibly be…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Finance (No. 3) BillThis has been a significant and important debate. In fact, it is clear that the House desires a longer and broader debate—that point was well made by the Chair of the Treasury…08 Jan 2019