Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (CB)

My Lords, it is a very special privilege first to have listened to the speech of my noble and learned friend Lord Leveson of Liverpool and now to have the chance to add a few remarks. I wish first to

One of the problems in regulation is that those who are regulated are able to pay substantially greater salaries and employ better experts. Are the Government going to look at properly funding the new

I too welcome the powerful, lucid and passionate way in which the noble Lord the Minister introduced, based on his own experience, the need for this Bill and the principal purposes behind it. It is al

My Lords, I, too, welcome this Bill as an important step in strengthening the position of London in the world’s financial markets. However, I also pay tribute to the regulators, particularly the FCA,

My Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for obtaining this debate, and more so for his singular and determined leadership and focus on this issue. The need is becoming even more urgent for

Will the Minister be able to outline the steps that are being taken by the Government to review the intergovernmental structures for co-operation between Cardiff, Westminster, Edinburgh and Belfast, a