Lord Soley
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(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Newby
My Lords, the Government are not letting the banks off the hook. The banks have paid out almost £13 billion in respect of PPI claims, which is about 70% of the total we think is payable, and a lot more claims are in the pipeline. The concern raised by the noble Lord in his Question relates primarily to the way in which the detailed amounts were calculated and the extent to which individuals can understand those calculations from the material that they receive from the banks.
Lord Soley (Lab)
My Lords, is not the problem around individual complaints that very often those people who do not claim are the most vulnerable?
Lord Newby
My Lords, a great deal of publicity has been generated on this issue, and consumer organisations are looking at how they can do more. As I have said, a very considerable number of claims have already been made.