Duncan Hames
Main Page: Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham)(12 years, 10 months ago)
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Vince Cable
In general, retrospective legislation is not a good thing, but I will look at the implications of the question.
Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)
As we have heard, some hon. Members argue that nothing should be done to put at risk a light-touch, risk-based regulatory regime. In my right hon. Friend’s attempts to achieve cross-party consensus on the matter, how does he hope to persuade the shadow Chancellor to abandon that position?
Vince Cable
I was not aware of the shadow Chancellor’s wisdom on that particular subject, but his party leader has spoken constructively and I hope that that will lead to agreement between our parties on how we can proceed.