Clause 231
Banking Bill
3:30 pm
Mark Hoban (Shadow Minister, Treasury; Fareham, Conservative)
It is neither relevant nor controversial. That is absolutely right. I hope that whoever championed the private Member’s Bill in 1999 will get satisfaction from seeing this clause in the Bill. I return to the point that I made earlier. While this may not be an area of huge controversy, I suspect that clause 226 was probably more controversial. I do not think it appropriate to use the Bill in this way to tidy up an unsuccessful private Member’s Bill. Someone missed out on the opportunity to get a gift in the next ballot for private Members’ Bills in the next Session. I am not going to press the matter to a vote.