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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to address a few key areas before we begin. First, we are starting today with the debate on an adjourned group. Only those noble Lords present earlier in the week…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]As I said at the start of this session, when it comes to withdrawing an amendment, noble Lords need to be brief. We do not want them to rehash the whole debate. They have to be…01 Jul 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026The noble Lord is aware, so may he bring his remarks to an end, if he does not mind?30 Jun 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords—30 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, we have come to the end of the time available for Grand Committee today. Although it is unusual, I beg to move that the debate on this amendment be adjourned. We will…29 Jun 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessBefore we start to debate the first group, I remind the Committee of the rules on declaring interests. Noble Lords should declare any relevant financial interest the first time…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am afraid that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, was not here at the start as he came into the Room two minutes late, so the noble Baroness may go ahead.29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, we have come to the end of the time available for Grand Committee today. Although it is unusual, I beg to move that the debate on this amendment be adjourned. We will…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, before we continue the debate, we have started group 6 and we have one more complete group to do. We are going to finish at 8.45 pm and I would hate to think that we…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I am afraid that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, was not here at the start as he came into the Room two minutes late, so the noble Baroness may go ahead.29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I just say to the noble Baroness that it is clear in paragraph 8.82 of the Companion that noble Lords should “be brief and need not respond to all the points made during the…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I mentioned at the beginning of this afternoon that when an amendment is being pressed, noble Lords have to be short. The withdrawal of amendments is starting to take longer and…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, before we start, I ask noble Lords, as I did on Monday, to declare their interests before they speak. If they did not do that on Monday, they need to do it today. In…24 Jun 2026HANSARDG7 SummitBefore we move on to Back-Bench questions, let me respectfully say that they are Back-Bench questions, so we want questions and not statements. Bearing that in mind, I would ask…23 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]We are about to move on to the last group of amendments and we have 35 minutes to go. I hope we can finish this group before we finish at 8.45 pm. If we do not, unfortunately we…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]We are about to move on to the last group of amendments and we have 35 minutes to go. I hope we can finish this group before we finish at 8.45 pm. If we do not, unfortunately we…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, before we start the debate on the first group, I remind the Committee of the rules on declaring interests. Noble Lords should declare any relevant financial interest the…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFace-to-face Banking ServicesThe noble Baroness is absolutely right about the part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill that refers to credit unions. We want to expand the use of credit unions. About…18 Jun 2026HANSARDFace-to-face Banking ServicesThe noble Baroness raises a valid point. We must wait for the results of this review to see what it says. It is important that we have an enabling clause in the Financial Services…18 Jun 2026HANSARDFace-to-face Banking ServicesI thank the noble Lord for that question. We must take into consideration that 93% of adults now use online banking, but the Government still take access to face-to-face banking…18 Jun 2026