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Banking Bill

I apologise to the Minister for being slightly more preoccupied with what our ““target amendment”” on the grouping list, which is about to finish, meant, so I did not concentrate entirely on what the Minister said, although I gathered that he was not going to accept my amendment. I think that I can understand part of the reason, but I am not entirely convinced that all of what he said was correct. In particular, he did not take the point that the FSA should have some judgment—I think that some other people have some judgment, but not the FSA, in respect of this matter. I shall read carefully in Hansard what the Minister said before deciding whether I wish to return to the matter at a later stage. For this evening, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 26 withdrawn. Amendments 27 and 28 not moved. Clause 7 agreed.