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Financial Services Bill

Proceeding contribution from David Heath (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 November 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
Is there not another set of players who could put pressure for good governance on the financial institutions? I mean the credit rating agencies. If they were to take adverse conclusions from short-termism, as evidenced by excessive pay or bonuses or by over-complex financial products, it could have a strong effect on the various financial institutions. Can the Chancellor encourage the agencies to do that, and if they will not—because they are paid for by those same businesses—is there any way of bringing them within a regulation process?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
501 c873 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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