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Proceeding contribution from Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15 January 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL].


Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL]

I hear what the noble Baroness says. We had to negotiate the first part with the bank and building societies because they are directly interested in it. It is therefore right that there should be one objective in which they also have interest. The noble Baroness said that they are totally agnostic about the whole package. They do not want to get involved in the appallingly difficult debate which might obtain if we started to discuss a range of other priorities, which the noble Lord, Lord Higgins, has just invited me to do. It has long been established that the Government are greatly concerned about youth services. They are putting a significant amount of money under the Comprehensive Spending Review into youth services but there is no doubt that communities may well identify that this falls short of their pressing needs. It will be for them to make a claim to the Big organisation.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
697 c497GC 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Devolved matters Disadvantaged Charities Community development Assets Bank services Banks Building societies Health Education Environment Investment Distribution Northern Ireland Lotteries Scotland Young people Wales Youth services Big Lottery Fund Operating costs
Legislation
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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