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Banking Bill

Before I decide what to do with my amendment, I have a couple of points to put to the Minister. To help the Committee he gave an example of how the objectives would be balanced. He said the draft code would cover that. He then gave the example of the investment of public funds as being something that would be taken into account. Unfortunately I did not bring my copy of the draft code into the Chamber with me. Is that example in the draft code? My second question is of a similar nature and related to the question that my noble friend Lord Blackwell asked on property rights. It cannot be the case that property rights can simply be had regard to and disregarded lightly, because they are protected by the convention on human rights. Will the Minister explain again how those rights are balanced against other rights and say how those rights, which are important and protected by European law, are balanced against other matters? Will the code set out in detail how those things might be addressed in particular instances?