It is good that serious interventions are being made. On Treasury matters, there is a historical bias going back over the centuries, but this Parliament has not got to grips with it. We made exactly the same mistakes when establishing the Select Committees. The usual channels have brought forward names and those names are not reflective of the House or the country. That is a fundamental weakness.
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Mann
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 July 2011.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee).
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