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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I was tempted to start my speech with the famous quotation from Juvenal, “Who guards the guardians?”. But, given the strictures by the Leader of another place against…24 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as another former chair of the British Library. As has been acknowledged already, there is no rational reason why the BL should be excluded from a…19 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, in these very uncertain times, it is inevitable that some of the Budget measures will prove an unexpected success and some an unexpected failure. So, instead of dealing…12 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Sikka has made a powerful case for greater transparency in regulatory matters. I think it is clear to everybody that nothing undermines confidence…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, my initial reaction to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, was to puzzle over exactly what sort of impact assessment she had in mind. Was she…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, this request for a review of short selling is essentially a request to focus on just one of the aspects of the financial markets today that may contribute to enhanced…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I have sympathy with the concerns behind these amendments. As the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and my noble friend Lord Sikka have spelled out so clearly, there is an…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, those of us who were involved in the discussions on the Financial Services Act 2012 will no doubt remember the debate in which the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, then…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I have been very struck by this particular debate and the positions taken by Members of the Grand Committee. I approach this question of our future financial services…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, this debate has evidenced considerable concern from all sides of the Grand Committee at the level of financial crime and the apparent inability to tackle it in this…03 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, we now come to the section of the Bill that introduces measures to deter financial crime, whether insider dealing or money laundering. None of us in this Grand Committee…03 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill03 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, the provisions in the Bill dealing with relations with Gibraltar raise a number of intriguing questions. The probing amendment in the names of my noble friend Lord…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, the Libor scandal has precipitated a regulatory nightmare. How is the FCA to fulfil its statutory responsibility to ensure that markets function well when one of the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, one of the most important elements in this amendment is set out in the explanatory statement provided earlier by the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, which says that the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, in due course I will speak to the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe and myself, which, as many noble Lords have commented, would introduce…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, in considering this Bill, we are all placed in a somewhat odd position. The Treasury is, right now, conducting a financial services future regulatory framework review.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I will begin by speaking to Amendment 102 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe. It is a probing amendment and seeks to persuade Her Majesty’s…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Visa-free Touring for MusiciansMy Lords, did the Government make any assessment of the impact the free trade agreement would have on musicians touring the European Union? If they bothered to make such an…19 Jan 2021HANSARDSpending Review 2020My Lords, the spending review was a revelation. It revealed how the Chancellor will shape policy over the coming years. The first revelation is found in the Chancellor’s statement…03 Dec 2020