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Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Tapsell Excerpts
Tuesday 22nd March 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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I think that I pointed out in an earlier exchange that an ex-Lehman Brothers and RBS banker contributed to the leadership campaign of the shadow Chancellor, so if the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) wants to make that point again, and if you would allow, Mr Speaker, perhaps he could intervene.

Peter Tapsell Portrait Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)
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Does the Chancellor agree, as I do, with the Governor of the Bank of England in asserting that if we are to avoid another banking crisis in this country, we must have a complete separation between commercial and investment banks, which of course create these collateralised debt obligations?