"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today and the previous day. These amendments all relate to the secondary competitive and growth objective. I think that we share the same desire to have an effective secondary competitive and growth objective, which my lead amendment, in particular, was …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I have Amendment 118 in this group. As the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, noted, it is aimed at the same target as her Amendment 117. Both of us are focusing on the regulators needing to have some specific and serious concerns about regulatory breaches before triggering a Section …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"To return to the question of the 2006 Act, the Minister said that FSMA’s regulatory principles have been specially crafted for financial services. They have, over a period of time; they have changed rather a lot since they were first put into FSMA. However, when the 2006 Act was passed, …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be brief because much of what needs to be said on this topic has already been said. I will not detain the Committee for long but, as I have added my name to the clause stand part notice, I thought that it was worth me reiterating …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"I shall make a brief comment on why Parliament has not offered any guidance on risk metric. The committee was well aware that the FCA sought to get clarity about the risk appetite that it was taking. The PRA had not made that request; it regards it as its responsibility …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"I am afraid the noble Lord is going to be assailed from all sides. I was glad to hear the Minister refer to the work that the committee did in relation to the enforcement proposals, otherwise known as naming and shaming. Is he aware that if the proposals in Clause …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My last amendment in this group, Amendment 102, is also about the secondary competitiveness and growth objective, but, this time, for the Financial Market Infrastructure Committee of the Bank of England. The FMIC was set up with a secondary innovation objective, and there is clearly a link between innovation and …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 88 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles. It would be a useful addition to FSMA to have a specific power for the Treasury to issue a statement of concern; I particularly like the fact that it could …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech