Credit Unions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Credit Unions

Lord Tyler Excerpts
Thursday 16th January 2014

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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I will take that back. My briefing says that this issue is not without cost in terms of payroll arrangements, but we will consider it and see what can be done.

Lord Tyler Portrait Lord Tyler (LD)
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My Lords, following the comments of my noble friend Lord Deben, can we at least expect a bit of joined-up government in terms of nudging different departments? If the difficulty is not one of principle but simply one of practicality, surely if one department can encourage this, others can too.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I think that we are about to trespass on the next debate. The Cabinet Office nudges other departments; whether it can direct them is a question on which the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, will no doubt touch in a few minutes.