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Written question asked by Lord Myners (Crossbench) on Monday, 16 March 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 March 2020. It was answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative) on Monday, 30 March 2020 on behalf of the Treasury.


Crowdfunding

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they, or the Financial Conduct Authority, have taken any action to (1) monitor, or (2) issue guidance, to peer-to-peer lenders about whether new client inflows should be used to support previous borrowers experiencing financial difficulty and funded by earlier investors.

Answer

The Government monitors the peer-to-peer lending sector on an ongoing basis and engages regularly with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are responsible for the regulation of the sector.

The FCA is operationally independent from Government. The second part of the question, as it relates to the FCA, has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to Lord Myners by letter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2642
Session
2019-21
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0425
Monday, 30 March 2020
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Subjects
Crowdfunding
Link
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