Financial Services Bill

My Lords, this group of amendments was debated at length in Committee. I am sure that, like the n...

Will the Minister explain why he always qualified the notion of “threat” as a threat to public fu...

The reference in the Bill to public funds goes to the heart of the Treasury’s responsibility vis-...

My Lords, we have seen a display of remarkable complacency from the Minister, even in his final r...

Moved by

Lord Eatwell

107AG: Clause 64, page 145, line 3, after “and” insert “compreh...

My Lords, Amendment 107AG is very simple. It seeks to insert the word “comprehensive” before “sha...

Moved by

Lord Sassoon

107B: Clause 76, page 152, line 6, leave out from beginning to ...

My Lords, this group of amendments concerns Part 5, which is concerned with inquiries and investi...

It behoves me to say thank you to the noble Lord. It is hard to believe that the amendment that m...

My Lords, given the persistence of my noble friends in debates throughout the Bill as regards “ma...

My Lords, my remarks will change the atmosphere of “love fest” between the two Front Benches with...

Moved by

Lord Sassoon

107C: Clause 76, page 152, line 18, leave out “(1)” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Sassoon

114A: Clause 98, page 186, line 37, at end insert—

“(fa) ...

Moved by

Lord Mitchell

114D: After Clause 98, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, yesterday I had tea with a dear friend here in your Lordships’ House. Unsurprisingly, t...

My Lords, it may be helpful to the House if I speak early in this debate. The amendment explores ...

My Lords—

If the noble Lord will permit me, I will allow him to intervene in a moment, but let me conclude ...

What the noble Lord said is extremely welcome and conciliatory to all of us. However, he left out...

I assure the House that I will get the amendment drafted as soon as we possibly can. I have given...

My Lords, if I may interrupt the exchanges between the two Front Benches, this is a very welcome ...

My Lords, I welcome with other Members of the House the statement made by the noble Lord, Lord Sa...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, for what he has said; it sounds like an interesti...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. Like her, I felt that th...

My Lords, first, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, on raising this issue and, as a re...

My Lords, I add my support to the amendment introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell. I declar...

My Lords, almost without exception this House has spoken and is speaking with one voice on this i...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Mitchell, the right reverend Prelate and othe...

Yes, it will be dealt with.

My Lords, I share the gratitude of the House to the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, to my right revere...

My Lords, I very much welcome the words of the Minister as I, too, put my name to the amendment. ...

My Lords, I will declare an interest. I was involved in the anti-usury campaign with London Citiz...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, and all those who put their names to the amend...

My Lords, it is greatly to the credit of the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, that he has not ducked th...

My Lords, I have a couple of points. Throughout the Bill, my noble friend Lord Peston and I have ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this discussion, particularly those who are co...

Moved by

Lord Sassoon

115: After Clause 99, insert the following new Clause—

“P...

Moved by

Lord Tunnicliffe

116ZA: After Clause 99, insert the following new Clause—