---

Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL]

I wonder whether it would be appropriate—I just happen to have a copy of the Labour manifesto with me—to read this wonderful sentence: "““We will work with the financial services industry to establish a common definition and a comprehensive record of unclaimed assets””." It says ““assets”” there, by the way, not just ““bank accounts””. That phrase ““common definition”” is very important because of the need for a level playing field. That is my concern, and I will come back to it on another occasion; I have a related amendment, though whether we will get to it tonight is another matter. But it is interesting to see what the Government’s own manifesto had to say.