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Banking (Special Provisions) Bill

My Lords, I am grateful for that brief intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria. The Cross Benches have made an important contribution to our debates over the past 13 hours, particularly the noble Lord. I therefore re-emphasise his recognition of the importance of getting Northern Rock properly established to engage confidence in its operations and to return it—as we intend to do, despite the contentions on the other side of the House about the extent to which we are bent upon nationalisation—to the private sector as soon as we are able. I am grateful for the noble Lord’s contribution, which enables me to thank the Cross Benches and the other two parts of the House for the way in which the Government have been pressed and tested with regard to the Bill. But now it is time that we agreed with the Commons in its judgments on our work. On Question, Motion agreed to.