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HANSARDSavingThe City of London has been a leader of innovation in the world of finance and savings for a few hundred years now, and it has been successful because it has always seized…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank everybody for their work. It is a great pleasure to see so many new Members of Parliament and former hedge fund managers; it is terrific. On so many occasions, I have…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)You will be delighted, Ms Jardine, as I am sure the whole Committee will be, to hear that my contribution will be even shorter than the last one. The Minister rightly says that we…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will be brief, because I do not want to take up too much of the Committee’s time. I reiterate that accountability is an incredibly important part of the Bill; accountability of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Yes.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)To be absolutely clear, the Minister and I are absolutely as one on that particular point: to have a negative resolution SI, or indeed any SI, would hold up progress and create a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Ms Jardine. I also thank the Minister, because we have had a fantastic time of agreement so far—but not…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Overseas Territories: Tax TransparencyIt is a great pleasure to serve under your leadership, Mr Turner, as it is to respond to the debate called for by the hon. Member for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell). This…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Overseas Territories: Tax TransparencyI hope my right hon. Friend will not mind if I do not, because I am conscious that we have very little time. It remains a concern that major financial centres such as the British…05 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]It gives me great pleasure to wind up this debate, with the leave of the House, on behalf of the Opposition. First, I thank the handful of Members present, who have made very…22 Jan 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]I welcome the new Minister to her place. I think this is her first Bill that she has taken through as Economic Secretary and, interestingly, she is absolutely right. This is one…22 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtThe Chancellor makes reference to the PWC report, but half of the survey in that report was done before the Budget. The Chancellor and I spent a very happy three years sitting…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Stourport Relief Road FundThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He hits the nail on the head. I will be addressing these points a little later in my speech, but if we want to generate economic growth we…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Stourport Relief Road FundIt is a great pleasure to raise the issue of the Stourport relief road in this Adjournment debate. Madam Deputy Speaker, you will be well aware that Worcestershire is an…21 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024It is a great pleasure to be standing opposite—albeit in opposition—the newly promoted Minister. I look forward to spending an entire week locking horns with her. Let me start by…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Telegraph Poles: BirminghamI thank the Minister for his letter, which was incredibly helpful; I am grateful to him for engaging on this. The point I was making was not that the business model is about a…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Telegraph Poles: BirminghamI thank the hon. Member for allowing me to intervene. She makes a powerful point on behalf of her constituents. In my constituency, we have a similar situation in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Building Societies Act 1986 (Modifications) Order 2024This Committee may go on record as one of the swiftest yet! It makes perfect sense to modify the Building Societies Act 1986 to bring it in line with the Companies Act 2006. We…09 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024I think this is the fourth or fifth time that the Minister and I have met across a Committee room, and yet again I do not think we are going to have any problems at all. At the…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He talks about the number of people who are vulnerable. In my constituency of Wyre Forest, we discovered that…25 Nov 2024