Debates between Richard Thomson and Andrew Griffith during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Richard Thomson and Andrew Griffith
Tuesday 5th September 2023

(8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Griffith Portrait Andrew Griffith
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My hon. Friend, the Chair of the Treasury Committee, makes a really important point about what is called the advice gap. Treasury officials, the FCA and I are consulting on that, and I will publish an update this autumn.

Richard Thomson Portrait Richard Thomson (Gordon) (SNP)
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It has been revealed that Integrated Debt Services, a company set up by the UK Government to recover personal debt, saw its profits increase by a staggering 132% last year. Do Ministers think it is right that this company should be able to profit to that extent out of the misery of the cost of living crisis?