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Banking Bill

I want to underline the noble Baroness’s last point—the industry is extremely concerned about these two clauses. For a layman like me it is almost impossible to judge whether these concerns are justified. To what extent in the ongoing discussions with the industry on the principle do the banks and the Government basically agree about what this is trying to achieve? Is the argument a technical one about whether this goes in primary or secondary legislation, or is there still a difference in principle—or at all—about how the legislation should deal with this immensely important but equally arcane issue?