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Debate between Richard Ottaway and Andrea Leadsom
Tuesday 24th June 2014

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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My hon. Friend may know that in May 2010, when Metro bank was granted a full banking licence, that was the first new full banking licence for over 100 years, so the fact that the regulator is talking to potentially more than 25 new banks is very good news for competition and choice in the UK.

Richard Ottaway Portrait Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con)
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3. What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of increasing tax on businesses on public finances.