My hon. Friend is right. A whole range of different sums could be agreed on by the independent valuer, and I am sure that my hon. Friend's Committee will want to take a close look at this matter given its concern for the use of public money. The key point is that we do not know how much we are buying the bank for and how much we are being asked to shell out at the end of this debate.
Banking (Special Provisions) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
George Osborne
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 February 2008.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.
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