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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 16 March 2010.

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Photo of Ian Pearson Ian Pearson Economic Secretary, HM Treasury 2:30, 16 March 2010

No, I do not think that the Chancellor has changed his views on that. Indeed, he has clearly expressed the view to the House on a number of occasions that he does not believe the causes of the current financial crisis to have been brought about as a result of a failure to implement Glass-Steagall and split investment banking from ordinary commercial banking. Both types of banks have got into difficulty over the past couple of years. What is important is that we pay due attention to ensuring the effective regulation of the banks. That is the approach that we have adopted, which is why we have introduced recovery and resolution plans, for instance, as part of our new legislative programme.