I apologise to the noble Lord. I was so excited about the first question that I forgot about the second one. It is consistent with what I have already said that the FPC intends to address this recommendation in that timescale, but a full assessment will depend on the definition of leverage agreed internationally, so it all rather depends. In terms of who is going to implement it, as I said, the regulators already have the power to do so. In June this year, they changed the ratios on our key eight institutions to protect them in the mean time, so they have these powers and they have exercised them. I think that is a killer fact.
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Deighton
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 October 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill.
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