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Proceeding contribution from Jim Cousins (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 February 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.


Banking (Special Provisions) Bill

Will my right hon. Friend deal with the point of the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable)? To turn his point against the argument he was making, there is some value in the provisions in clause 11; for the first time, a lender of last resort facility will be created for building societies, and a building society that gets into difficulties will not be imprisoned and made captive by the restrictive terms of the existing building societies legislation. I accept that that is only a temporary situation until matters can be looked at in more detail, but does she not think that it is an attractive feature?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c258 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Compensation Accountability Audit Banks Competition Building societies Bank of England Liability EU law Government assistance Financial Services Authority Economic situation Property transfer Mortgages Loans Staff Office of Fair Trading Nationalisation Regulation Stocks and shares Shareholders Takeovers Treasury Virgin Group Business plans Northern Rock Granite Sunset clauses
Legislation
Banking (Special Provisions) Bill 2007-08
Link
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