Treasury

Tuesday 11th November 2014 Ministerial Corrections

Immigration Act (Bank Accounts)

The following is an extract from the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee debate on the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) Regulations 2014 on 5 November 2014.

[Cathy Jamieson]

I may have missed this, but did the Minister give an assurance regarding the larger credit unions that operate a wider scope of banking services in relation to current accounts?

[Andrea Leadsom]

I did not. I am sorry—I must have missed the hon. Lady’s request on that point. To the extent to which larger credit unions are offering current accounts, which I defined as carefully as I could in my opening remarks, they will be captured by the legislation.

[Official Report, Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee, 5 November 2014; c. 11.]

Letter of correction from Andrea Leadsom:

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cathy Jamieson) in the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee debate on 5 November 2014.

The correct response should have been:

[Andrea Leadsom]

I did not. I am sorry—I must have missed the hon. Lady’s request on that point. To the extent to which larger credit unions are offering current accounts, which I defined as carefully as I could in my opening remarks, they will not be captured by the legislation