My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The argument made by the right hon. Gentleman seemed to be more about how we improve the governance of pension funds than about the merits or otherwise of short selling. The fact that the trustees did not know what was happening suggests that more due diligence should have been carried out in respect of the nature of their agreement with their investment manager and the custodian.
Financial Services Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 January 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
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