I have enormous respect for the noble Lord, Lord McFall, but I think the idea of legislating to be more responsible—in fact, legislating for human character—is a very dangerous path. It is why I intervened on the question of minimum standards of integrity: you are either honest, or you are not honest. It is quite dangerous to keep loading the statute book with matters which attempt to affect human characteristics. I think that there should be some caution about some of these amendments.
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Spicer
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 26 November 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill.
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