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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I support Amendment 160A. I want to start by briefly addressing a couple of issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Pitt-Watson. Most importantly, I want briefly to quote the…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am just reading the conclusions from the report, my Lords. They make it very clear that the continuation of ring-fencing made sense at the time the report was written, but the…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I also draw attention to the abolition of FOS, which the noble Lord mentioned. I draw the Committee’s attention to Amendment 172A, which discusses the changes proposed to FOS. It…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I support this amendment and just raise the point of the First-tier Tribunal. I have experience of dealing with the FOS as a firm. At the moment, if you want to appeal the…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]That is right.08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I should again declare my interest as chairman of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, as set out in the register of interests, although I should also state that…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his response and take reassurance that some of the measures that I raised have been dealt with already by the FCA, as it has—hopefully—assessed the impact…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise quickly to support this amendment, which is exactly the sort of streamlining amendment we are looking to achieve in this Bill. I politely take issue with the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDPolitical Party Finance and the Electoral CommissionMy Lords, I start by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for introducing this debate on such an important subject for our country. I declare my interest as a former chief…02 Jul 2026HANSARDPolitical Party Finance and the Electoral CommissionA great shame. I come to this debate from a slightly different angle, perhaps, from other noble Lords. I have always believed that assisting the work of a political party that…02 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, the Bill reflects the very substantial transfer of power, as mentioned by my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, from Parliament and from existing regulators, such as the…24 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]May I ask the Minister for a clarification? In his answer to the question about not having consultation in the Bill itself, I think he said that the FCA would engage with firms…24 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as a shareholder and a director of financial services companies in asset management and wealth management. I have considerable sympathy with the…22 Jun 2026HANSARDLocal Government Pension FundMy Lords, the draft guidance includes a paragraph 5.6, which allows schemes, in effect, to accept a lower rate of return for “ESG-related goals”. Does the Minister agree with me…18 May 2026HANSARDSpring Forecast StatementMy Lords, the key takeaway from the Chancellor’s speech is that the great plan for growth has now been supplanted by the more modest objective of stability. However, there are a…17 Mar 2026HANSARDCounter-Extremism StrategyThis is an excellent time to be debating this vital issue and I congratulate my noble friend Lord Goodman of Wycombe on initiating this debate and on his recent comments on this…12 Feb 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ramsey of Wall Heath. I thank her for all the work that she has done to combat antisemitism. I also thank the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, and to add to the dialogue by saying that we are becoming desensitised to violent, harassing and…15 Jan 2026HANSARDIsrael: TradeMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Austin, on initiating this interesting debate. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Stockwood, to his new role as Minister. As noble Lords…08 Jan 2026