I agree with what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Does he think we could learn from some of the European public banks that do not seem to have the same squeamishness about having things off the balance sheet? Banks such as KfW in Germany leverage equity by a factor of 28 and the Portuguese national bank is leveraging by a factor of 17. They seem to have much less horror about having things off-balance sheet. We have had other things off the balance sheet—the CDC is off-balance sheet—so why is there so much horror about that in this country?
Green Investment Bank
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Green Investment Bank.
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