Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Mark Williams Excerpts
Thursday 10th October 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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If I may, I will check the position with the Minister responsible for the fire service, who is assiduous in his duties. I know that he would normally expect to respond to local authorities on this issue; we need to know what happened. It might have had something to do with the summer recess and an attempt to ensure that the local authority received an early reply, but I will inquire into the circumstances.

Mark Williams Portrait Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD)
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May we have a debate on the lamentably slow way in which the banks are dealing with cases of alleged mis-selling of interest rate swap products, which affected many businesses across the country, and on the fact that tailored business loans, in respect of which similar products have the same damaging implications for people’s livelihoods and businesses, are not included in the review at all?

Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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My hon. Friend is right to raise these issues and to be persistent in raising them. We need the banks to come forward with their compensation schemes as quickly as possible. I will raise my hon. Friend’s particular point with colleagues in the Treasury and ask them to respond.