"My Lords, I also support the amendments in this group. I believe that the description of these extremely wide powers should, in itself, alert the House to the dangers that Clause 3 of the Bill could pose. I believe that it is important for the Government to understand, for example, …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I fully echo the comments that the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, just made, having had personal experience, sadly, of just what he described. Amendment 70 would provide at least some relief to those executors who cannot access funds and who see the interest racking up while probate delays …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, and I feel that this Bill has an opportunity to improve—or at least not diminish—the protections that are offered to consumers of financial services. We have long known that from a consumer perspective, the asymmetry of information and the asymmetry of …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, but there is no way that the offer can be considered fair. It cannot be justified as being in the shareholders’ interests. It does not mention that Aviva has its own small shareholder dealing service, for example. The gaps in shareholder …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect shareholders in major British firms from being targeted by mini-tender offers which seek to enable unauthorised overseas firms from buying shares from vulnerable share- holders below their market value...." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"I have one further question. There are at least two issues at stake. First, the data protection legislation forced Aviva to send all the names and addresses of its shareholders on its register, even though this company wished to write to only a very small subsection of them. That is …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendments 159 and 174 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and the noble Lord, Lord Altrincham. I would be concerned about abolishing the ring-fence for similar reasons and concerns as those expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. However, I believe that a …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, first, I declare an interest, which perhaps I should have done at the beginning. I am a director of a pension company that is regulated by the FCA. I apologise for not having declared that earlier.
"My Lords, I must apologise: I was not in the country for Second Reading, so this is my first intervention on the Bill.
I support wholeheartedly the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and the rationale that she has just explained. I thank Which? for the …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"What data is there on patients who have been or will be denied treatments that they would otherwise have had? Does the Minister have any estimate of the amount of revenue expected to be raised from this? Are there plans for proper exemptions for patients who are in desperate need …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech