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Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) In the end, she quit her job because of the pressure on her and her family, saying:“They don’t want fair - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Barking about the banking institutions. The right hon. - Speech Link
3: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) I took care of the sanctions regime in the Department for Business and Trade, and I know that we had - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Bank of England (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Thu 02 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con - Life peer) To be fair, the governor denied that this was the case, but Roger Bootle said in his evidence:“Over the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) It seems that no one does.I believe that there is outstanding business here. - Speech Link
3: Lord Blackwell (Con - Life peer) It is not fair to ask unelected officials to take responsibility for political judgments, nor right or - Speech Link
4: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Lastly, will they encourage the Bank to complete, within an agreed fair and reasonable timeframe, the - Speech Link
5: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) All appointments are made on merit and follow a fair and open competition process.The Treasury has taken - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Volunteers - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) That is why I am hosting an over-55s fair at Staffordshire University on 31 May, to offer advice and - Speech Link
2: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) encourage and enable individuals to step in and help to do things that the state cannot, or that private business - Speech Link
3: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) For all I know, it may be easy to find lots of trustees who know how to deal with the banking system - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) We do try to encourage that and show the best examples of how that actually benefits the business, often.Others - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Conduct Authority: Accountability - Wed 01 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) million.Notwithstanding the fact that this is a consequence of the way that the FCA has gone about its business - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) When we think about banking hubs and communities, we are thinking about ensuring that the most vulnerable - Speech Link
3: Bim Afolami (Con - Hitchin and Harpenden) Lady makes an important and fair point. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None “support or assistance” includes the provision of accommodation, banking services, education, employment - Speech Link
2: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) victims of such overseas criminal activity and for our reputation as an honest place in which to do business - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) But there has to be a fair and open competition for the office. - Speech Link
4: None I am not in the business of prolonging people’s uncertainty unnecessarily. - Speech Link
5: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I am not in the business of prolonging people’s uncertainty unnecessarily. - Speech Link
6: Baroness Sanderson of Welton (Con - Life peer) Given everything that they have been through, I do not think it is fair or acceptable. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) balance between the intended objectives of the measure and the effects on the business that the measure - Speech Link
2: None can buy on the primary market, and it would require clear information on the face value and trader’s business - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) grounds that the cost to consumers may be relatively low or the impact limited to a certain area of business - Speech Link
4: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) public awareness campaigns warning about ticket touts after hundreds of reports of ticket fraud.Lloyds Banking - Speech Link
5: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) It is actually quite a good business proposition for them, is it not? It is relatively risk-free. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
3rd reading - Fri 26 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Darren Henry (Con - Broxtowe) In 2019 I discovered that we were losing our banking services in Stapleford, when a constituent spoke - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) It would be fair to say that there has been a decline in our town centres in recent years. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Howard of Rising (Con - Life peer) Government know how much of the affected property is tied up in this way, and do they know how the banking - Speech Link
2: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) property empire, and the work that it does with charities, except to say that it is a multi-billion-pound business - Speech Link
3: None That is based on the principle of fair compensation, as defined by reference to the term “market value - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) elsewhere—remember that back then there were far fewer opportunities for investment—the charities stuck with the business - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) this type of power is proportionate and appropriate, as HMRC already owns similar powers regarding banking - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) That is a very fair question, and I hope that I understand it correctly. - Speech Link
3: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Baroness asks a fair question. - Speech Link
4: None not understanding the full extent of what was happening; and there have been dozens of occasions when banking - Speech Link
5: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) the inquiry with urgent interest, and I am sure I speak for everyone in wishing the sub-postmasters a fair - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Football Governance Bill
2nd reading - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (Lab - Bristol West) Any business owner—the hon. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) Business should be about competition, and regulation is about helping to promote fair competition. - Speech Link
3: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) Football is not the banking industry. - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) essence of the game and not reduce it to a dry, technical analysis of profits and losses, and impose a banking-style - Speech Link
5: James Daly (Con - Bury North) I accept fully that a business plan is put in place, but business plans can change. - Speech Link