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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I understand that Amendment 120 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, seeks to establish a supervisory board for the two regulators. My first thought was that the…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, all three amendments in this group would increase the importance of equivalence determinations, which might ultimately be counterproductive. Amendment 90 seeks to…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Blackwell’s amendment is an interesting idea and deserves serious consideration. It requires the establishment of a new joint co-ordination…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, these amendments, which are technical in nature, require banks that prepare their accounts in accordance with international accounting standards to apply prudential…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendment 78, in the names of my noble friends Lady McIntosh of Pickering and Lord Holmes of Richmond, seeks to commission a review of legislation relating to short…08 Mar 2021HANSARDEconomic Partnership Agreement: KenyaMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for introducing this debate. Along with other noble Lords, I most heartily congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McDonald…02 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, makes a good case for introducing skilled person reviews of the regulators in addition to the parliamentary oversight…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill[ Inaudible ]—Amendment 45 in the names of my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lord Holmes of Richmond, and of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted. We are midway through…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I understand the purpose of Amendments 24 and 25, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, but do they suggest that he would like to stick with the enormously…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as stated in the register. I support both Amendments 10 and 26 in the name of my noble friend Lady Noakes. They do not mean that Parliament would…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as stated in the register. I apologise to the Minister and the Committee for failing to get my name on the speakers’ list for this group on time…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Committee for once again permitting me to speak after the Minister. Even though I have my name to two amendments in this group, I had not realised…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, again, I am grateful to the Committee for allowing me to speak after the Minister. I will speak only to Amendment 73 because it introduces another subjective concept:…22 Feb 2021HANSARDThe UK’s Relationship with the Pacific Alliance (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Howell of Guildford for introducing this debate. I must admit that when I signed up to speak, I had mistakenly thought that we would be…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDunlop ReviewThe BBC, funded by the United Kingdom taxpayer, has reduced the exposure of UK Ministers to television and radio audiences in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but has greatly…01 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as stated in the register. I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Hammond of Runnymede on his excellent and entertaining maiden speech, and the…28 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Goldie for introducing this debate today and for following through on an important manifesto commitment. More than 600 British…20 Jan 2021HANSARDNew Businesses: Capital Gains TaxMy Lords, the rebasing for CGT purposes of assets on death, coupled with the ability to transfer via a surviving spouse who expects to live seven years, distorts the transfer of…20 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I hesitate to speak in connection with Northern Ireland matters and have tended to leave these matters to those with more experience of the Province. Like many noble…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I regret that I cannot support Amendment 24 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. It would…06 Jan 2021