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Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill

The hon. Gentleman might be right, and the Minister might indicate that in her remarks. I would add, however, that people might become members of a pan-European financial mutual, so how do we protect their rights? We have one sort of regulations for European co-operative societies, but the European Commission proposed a harmonised set of rules for European financial mutuals, which might give greater protection on a pan-European basis. Those proposals, however, have been withdrawn.