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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 241G, I will also speak to Amendments 243A and 243B. The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has added her name to the last two; I am grateful for her…23 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill23 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I agree with everything that the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, has said. We are happy to support this amendment. I simply have two questions and one observation about it.…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI rise briefly to support this amendment. It was with some surprise that we also discovered that this sector is unregulated, but we entirely understand how important it is to the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI just want to make sure that I understand exactly what the Minister is saying. If the Government decide to bring in the digital pound, will they commit to bringing it in via…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendments in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Bridges and Lord Forsyth. I agree with the analysis by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, of the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank all noble Lords who spoke in this brief debate. There was a sense of déjà vu in all this. I recognise the arguments of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, because it is not…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as co-chair of the APPG on Mortgage Prisoners. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, for adding his name to my Amendment 197, which is a…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 203 in the name of my noble friend Lady Kramer, who cannot be with us today. She is making good progress but is still recovering from…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, Amendment 213 addresses the provision of sharia-compliant student finance, of which there is currently none. This matters because Islam forbids interest-bearing loans…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI regret to say that the noble Lord has not convinced me at all that any progress is likely to be made and has not really explained why we are in the position we are in. I have…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 215 from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. I congratulate him on his opening remarks. I first encountered the PEP problem in 2016, as the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDCarbon Budgets: Methane FlaringMy Lords, in the last four months the sky over Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been lit up twice by huge emergency flaring from the Fawley refinery. What release of methane…09 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillMy Lords, I can be very brief. We support this Bill and congratulate the honourable Mary Robinson MP on seeing the necessity for it, devising it and seeing its safe passage…03 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I add briefly to my noble friend’s comments on the need for a proper and joint assessment of systemic risk in pension funds and their management strategies. I think the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I strongly support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and observe that the Government have said, more or less consistently, that it is for…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillBefore the Minister moves on, what are her views on the point I made about “reasonable expectations” for consumers, which is the standard required by firms to comply with the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill06 Feb 2023