Lord Bagri

Former Conservative Peer

Recent appearances

  • Financial Services and Markets Bill 21 Mar 2000

    As I know something about the Sumitomo case, perhaps I may congratulate the Minister on trying to deal with it. I know how difficult it was to deal with. That is why we welcome the extension of the market abuse regime to cover both non-authorised persons and off-exchange activity which has a manipulative effect on the exchange market. I listened with interest to the Minister's reference to a...
  • Financial Services and Markets Bill 16 Mar 2000

    With due respect, I do not believe that that is only in the hands of the practitioners. If one over-regulates--there is little downside for regulators in over-regulating--that adds to the burden of regulation, which adds to the cost. There is nothing the practitioners can do to reduce that cost. I do not see why we are bashful about saying that we shall improve the competitiveness of UK...
  • Financial Services and Markets Bill 16 Mar 2000

    There is already a provision for judicial review. Perhaps Members of the Committee can imagine themselves in a regulatory body that lost two or three judicial reviews in a row: no one would have any confidence in you, no one would trade in your market and, indeed, no one would believe you. I believe that there is an automatic remedy in this respect. If we go in for subjective judgment about...

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Former Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1997

Left the House of Lords on 6 July 2010 — Resigned

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