Financial Services Bill
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Bills
House of Lords
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
1: Clause 3, page 2, line 40, after first “The” insert “court o...
My Lords, in most cases the legislation places duties, powers and obligations on the Bank as an i...
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My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for having clarified some obscurities in the Bill ...
My Lords, there is one area in this territory on which I would appreciate some clarity. The princ...
My Lords, in response to the question raised by the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, as I said at the be...
Just for clarity, the noble Lord said that it is the responsibility of the directors—that is, the...
Indeed. I should say that it is subject to what is laid down in statute about the Monetary Policy...
I hope I did not misunderstand, but the Minister seemed to say that all decisions of the Bank are...
No, my Lords, that is not what I said. I said that the court is the governing body of the Bank. S...
Moved by
Lord Newby
2: Clause 3, page 3, line 11, leave out “9B(1)(e)” and insert “9B...
My Lords, this is a group of minor technical amendments which simply remedy some drafting glitche...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
3: Clause 3, page 3, line 16, leave out “13(2)(c)” and insert “...
Moved by
Lord Newby
8: Clause 4, page 6, line 26, leave out “2 members” and insert “o...
My Lords, in response to an amendment at Report put forward by my noble friends Lady Noakes, Lady...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
9: Clause 4, page 6, leave out lines 30 to 34 and insert—
Moved by
Lord Barnett
10: Clause 4, page 7, line 7, leave out “subject to that” and i...
My Lords, the amendment relates to something originally in the Bank of England Act 1998 which sho...
My Lords, I wish to add two or three remarks to what my noble friend Lord Barnett has said.
My Lords, I support some of the sentiments, but not the Amendment, of the noble Lords, Lord Barne...
My Lords, I will make sure that the suggestion to Mr Carney is passed on, but of course it is bre...
I am never surprised by the noble Lord and I am certainly not surprised today. I think I heard hi...
Moved by
Lord Newby
11: Clause 4, page 15, line 3, at end insert—
“( ) The purp...
My Lords, Amendment 11 responds directly to a request made by the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, on Re...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Government for having taken on board the fact that there was some ...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
12: Clause 6, page 30, line 42, at end insert “court of directo...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
14: Clause 11, page 54, line 15, leave out “considers” and inse...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
17: Clause 24, page 88, line 38, at end insert—
“137BA FC...
My Lords, on Report I committed to bring forward a government amendment to give the FCA an effect...
My Lords, never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect that I would be standing here at the oppos...
My Lords, those of you who were present for prayers earlier this afternoon will have perhaps note...
My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Mitchell and the noble Lord, Lord Sassoo...
My Lords, perhaps I may add to what my noble friend Lord Peston has said. I will not repeat the m...
It was Florida.
In Florida, they have to register this. If it was in Canada, the new Governor of the Bank of Engl...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, the Government and others in the House on...
My Lords, I had not intended to say anything today, because I was pleased with the amendment. The...
My Lords, I am grateful for all those contributions. I will briefly respond to some of the specif...
My Lords, I do not want to push my luck too much with the Minister, but he says that the rules wi...
My Lords, I am sure that the industry has got the message loud and clear from this House that mor...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
18: Clause 24, page 102, line 6, after “to” insert—
“(a) ...
Moved by
Lord Newby
19: Clause 31, page 125, line 26, leave out “desirable” and inser...
My Lords, last week on Report my noble friend Lord Sassoon signalled that the Government were min...
I, too, am supporting a government amendment, though one that is not nearly as dramatic as that s...
My Lords, I rise with a question for clarification for the Minister. Is the net effect of this am...
My Lords, I declare an interest as a director of ICE Clear Europe, and I warmly welcome this extr...
My Lords, perhaps I may simply elaborate a little on the question posed by the noble Baroness, La...
Perhaps I may also ask a question following that of the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. The concept ...
My Lords, I am extremely grateful for the warm welcome that these amendments have received from a...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
20: Clause 31, page 125, line 40, at end insert—
“(2A) Th...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
21: Clause 107, page 196, line 24, leave out “22(1A)” and inser...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
22: Schedule 1, page 210, line 27, leave out from “stability” t...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
25: Schedule 2, page 214, line 11, leave out sub-paragraph (10)...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
26: Schedule 3, page 228, line 2, after “by” insert “the court ...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
32: Schedule 5, page 248, line 31, at end insert—
“(b) af...
Moved by
Lord Sassoon
33: Schedule 9, page 287, line 6, at end insert “, and
(d...
My Lords, Amendments 33 and 34 concern the new power provided for by this Bill for the regulators...
My Lords, I rise not with respect to the amendment but to reflect on the latter comments of the n...
My Lords, I cannot let the Bill pass without saying a few words. I described the Bill as “shambol...
He has sat down.
I understand that I must not do that, so I will mention the question that I would have asked him....
My Lords, I will make a brief personal remark to the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, who I believe is a...
Moved by
Lord Newby
34: Schedule 9, page 287, line 8, leave out from “from” to end of...
Moved by
Lord Newby
35: Schedule 12, page 302, line 21, leave out from “for” to end o...
Moved by
Lord Newby
36: Schedule 13, page 309, line 41, leave out “other than PRA-aut...
Moved by
Lord Newby
37: Schedule 18, page 345, line 10, leave out from “for” to end o...