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Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill

My Lords, as far as immorality is concerned, later we will deal with amendments on the reversal of the burden of proof and on the new

criminal offence which will be available should banks behave in a grossly immoral way. That is the way to deal with the narrow point my noble friend makes. The whole question of the culture of the banks is addressed only partially in the legislation because it is by definition a cultural issue. We are taking very significant steps to regulate individual senior managers and hold them to account for what they do in a way that has never been the case in the past. Again, that is quite a revolutionary change. Regarding the specific point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Flight, I believe that local authorities at least can bank wherever they choose, but I will look into the point and write to him. I simply do not know what the position is.

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Reference

748 c375 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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