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Banking (Asset Protection Scheme)

I said earlier that the board and UKFI on behalf of the Government are pursuing that matter. On the hon. Gentleman's first point, like him, I have the greatest concern for people at risk of losing their jobs; that is why we have put measures in place to help people back to work. For many years I listened to the hon. Gentleman when he sat on the Government side, so I know that he was consistent—unlike some of those sitting around him—throughout the '80s and '90s in expressing his concern. I share it and I welcome his support for the measures we take to help people back to work.