It would be better if we had an embedded and long-standing system in which there were those precedents, but as we do not have about 800 years to put it in place it is better to have a forward-looking system. If my hon. Friend has a suggestion as to how we can use precedent built up over time, given that we are starting from a system that catastrophically failed, I would be very interested to hear it.
Financial Services Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Matt Hancock
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 February 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
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