Royal Bank of Scotland: LIBOR Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Royal Bank of Scotland: LIBOR

Lord Strathclyde Excerpts
Wednesday 4th July 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Davies of Stamford Portrait Lord Davies of Stamford
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I have already given way once. Tucker is saying one thing and Diamond is saying another, so one or other of them must be lying. On the outcome—

Lord Strathclyde Portrait The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde)
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When two noble Lords are trying to speak at the same time one really ought to give way to the other. They are both from the Labour Party so perhaps they ought to decide among themselves.

Lord Morris of Aberavon Portrait Lord Morris of Aberavon
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Will the Minister confirm that the legal provisions for the offences of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting are sufficiently wide to cover most, if not all, of the wrongdoing in this field?