Forgive me; I thought I did answer. It is an absolute principle that we do not put in place retrospective criminal offences because that would be, among other things, against human rights legislation. We will certainly not be doing that.
Financial Services Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Sassoon
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 20 November 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
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740 c1753
Session
2012-13
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