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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Oct 2018
EU Customs Union and Draft Withdrawal Agreement: Cost

"The truth is that this is typical crackpottery by the Brexit extremists on the Conservative Benches, who seem to be running the show over there at the moment. Will the Minister tell us what the effect will be on the aerospace sector and on Airbus next to my constituency of …..."
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Written Question
Bank Services: Small Businesses
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that banks maintain records for longer than five years in response to possible legal actions on the mis-selling of (a) tailored business loans and (b) other financial products to small businesses.

Answered by John Glen

Oversight of banks’ record-keeping processes for regulated activities, certain related activities, and other ancillary services specifically covered under EU law is the responsibility of the operationally independent Financial Conduct Authority.

For other activities, such as traditional commercial lending, including Tailored Business Loans, record keeping processes are not subject to FCA requirements and are therefore legal and commercial decisions for banks.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jan 2018
RBS Global Restructuring Group and SMEs

"Much as I support calls for a tribunal system and an inquiry, the longer I listen to the debate, the more I believe that there has to be much greater involvement of the police in what are clearly criminal conspiracies—particularly, perhaps, in relation to agreements between valuers and the banks …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jan 2018
Business of the House

"Has the Minister seen the BBC reports this week on the results of a survey about bullying in this place—results that will come as no surprise to members of the Unite parliamentary staff branch? In view of this survey, will he tell the House whether there has been any progress …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Paradise Papers

"According to the Government’s assessment, how many UK citizens and how many UK-registered companies have these offshore accounts, and how much money has the UK, as represented by those two entities, got salted away in them?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What fiscal steps his Department is taking to incentivise businesses to invest in rooftop solar...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The sun might be going down on the Chancellor’s time at No.11, but it remains an important source of energy and income for 44,000 microgenerators, including schools and hospitals. But since April they have seen their business rates increase by up to 800%, in some cases. Some major deployers of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Mar 2017
Class 4 National Insurance Contributions

"The clear impression given by today’s announcement is of a reactive Government who are not in control of their own agenda. Following on from the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (John Woodcock), may I specifically ask the Chancellor whether he knew that his policy …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Beer Duty

"It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) on his speech; he told us that he was a substitute, but that was certainly not the introductory speech of a substitute. May I also take …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Beer Duty

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. There does seem to be a discrepancy. I would not like to think that pubs, which play such an important part in communities, as we correctly learned from the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay, are seen as …..."
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