My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are some flagrant examples of that, not least in the banking sector. Indeed, some of those examples were very well documented in the excellent series in The Guardian earlier this year. I would particularly welcome an update from the Minister on the progress of the voluntary code of practice for the banks, which could be an effective way of tackling the problem that he is dealing with.
Finance Bill
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Stephen Timms
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 July 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance Bill.
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