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HANSARDNational Crime Agency (Directed Tasking) Order 2023My Lords, we are happy to support this SI. We welcome any increase in the effort to combat economic crime, in particular serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption. The SI…30 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Crime Agency (Directed Tasking) Order 2023I am no wiser, really, about Scotland. I do not know, from listening to the Minister or reading the material, how this SI has any effect in Scotland, if at all, and I do not know…30 Jan 2024HANSARDFinancial Services Act 2021 (Overseas Funds Regime and Recognition of Parts of Schemes) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2024My Lords, we are grateful for the Minister’s clear and concise explanation of what this SI does and why it is necessary. I note the thorough and helpful consultation report,…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) RegulationsMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak to this made SI, which is a model of its kind. It is succinct, admirably clear and well supported by a helpful EM and an exemplary impact…10 Jan 2024HANSARDData Reporting Services Regulations 2023My Lords, I will speak first to the data reporting services SI. The Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument helpfully reduces its 28 pages to a succinct six pages. It makes…10 Jan 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023My Lords, let me say at the outset that we support this statutory instrument and the two that are to follow—but we do have some questions and comments. I note that, last week, the…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023My Lords, we have no comment to make on the second statutory instrument in this group, except to say that we agree with what the Minister said during the debate in the Commons…13 Dec 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in supporting Israel’s absolute right to defend itself and condemning the barbaric atrocities of the terrorist organisation Hamas. I echo Mr…15 Nov 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this customarily brief debate on mortgage prisoners. I especially thank the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, for his contribution today…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as co-chair of the APPG on mortgage prisoners and I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, for adding his name to this amendment. The amendment…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 105 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and I congratulate him on his determination and persistence. I do not quite understand…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill06 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I shall speak first to Amendment 1 and then to Amendments 116 and 117. The Bill gives the Ministers and regulators power to shape our financial services regimes, but it…06 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank all those who have spoken in this brief debate—some more warmly than others, perhaps. In my initial speech, I forgot to be especially nice about Denis, the noble Lord,…06 Jun 2023HANSARDInsider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) Order 2023Will the Minister address the point about the 21 days?16 May 2023HANSARDInsider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) Order 2023My Lords, this SI seems admirably straightforward and uncomplicated. We support it and I can be brief. I have only a couple of questions and one observation. The first question…16 May 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, we support both of these instruments, with some reservations and a few questions. I will speak first to the commodity derivatives and emission allowances order. As the…02 May 2023HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Administration, Investment, Charges and Governance) and Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, as the Minister has said, this statutory instrument contains seven regulations. The first is to do with timings and commencement. We have no comment on this, except to…28 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, about being able to amend SIs. It is a complicated…23 Mar 2023