My Lords, perhaps I may simply elaborate a little on the question posed by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. Given that there is not to be a transfer of obligations between platforms, and given that the collapse of a platform could impose significant systemic risk on the economy with a large number of unclear positions, are we to understand that the lender of last resort will be required to stand behind a collapsed platform?
Financial Services Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Eatwell
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 5 December 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
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