Written Question·Treasury·UIN 191927

Mortgages: Profits

Tabled: 30 June 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op) — York Central

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that mortgage lenders do not make excessive profits.

Answer

Andrew Griffith
The pricing of financial products, including on lending and savings products, is a commercial decision for firms, in which the Government does not intervene. The decisions on Bank Rate by the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the Bank of Engl...
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