Finance (No. 2) Bill
Debate between Stephen McPartland and Stephen Kerr
Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons
Monday 18th December 2017
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Monday 18th December 2017
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Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend remember the City Minister, Ed Balls, saying in 2006 that nothing could endanger the light-touch regulation of the banking system?
Stephen Kerr
I thank my hon. Friend for that useful intervention because I absolutely do remember that. The reason why those words might linger in mind longer is that they came from someone holding an office of state. Cabinet members at the time were positively encouraging those whom they considered their friends in the City to become increasingly reckless, as was the First Minister of Scotland, as I have mentioned.