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Financial Services Bill

Proceeding contribution from Greg Clark (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 December 2012. It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is the import of the amendment I mentioned—we have stressed its importance. The Bill has substantially improved regard for competition, including by addressing the possibility that regulators, whether inadvertently or by neglect, might impede it. An explicit requirement to have regard to competition will help in that matter.

Consumer credit is a topic of great interest. A number of provisions in the Bill enable the transfer of the regulation of consumer credit from the Office of Fair Trading to the FCA. That will take place by April 2014 and constitutes a major transformation in the regulation of consumer credit. As all hon. Members know, there was strong cross-party consensus in the House of Lords on the need for strong regulation of the payday loans market. Members on both sides of this House feel just as strongly.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
555 c85 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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