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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by David Leslie Taylor (Labour). It was answered on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.


Financial Services (Regulation)

Question
Earlier this year, the Chancellor was thinking aloud about the potential of an independent macro-prudential early warning system linking the Bank of England to European central banks, and a single micro-prudential rule-making body. Can the Minister say what the state of play is in terms of those developments?
Answer

Our position is very clear: we do think that we need an EU-wide system to protect financial stability. We are also very clear that that EU-wide system should not have any impact on our fiscal responsibilities. As a result of the discussions at the ECOFIN meeting, we have now secured the fiscal safeguard that we were seeking.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
502 c788 
Session
2009-10
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Financial services EU action Regulation
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk