Professional Standards in the Banking Industry

Alec Shelbrooke Excerpts

Thursday 5th July 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Osborne]

I will take one more intervention and then move on.

[Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con)]

Would my right hon. Friend like to speculate on why the Opposition may want the review to be pushed back? He might like to comment on the fact that at that time, the shadow Chancellor was the City Minister, the shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury worked at the Bank of England and the Leader of the Opposition was ducking mobile phones in No. 10.

[Mr Osborne]

Of course, part of the Opposition’s problem is that they cannot admit their mistakes in office.