Clause 24 - Competitiveness and growth objective

Part of Financial Services and Markets Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 27 October 2022.

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Photo of Andrew Griffith Andrew Griffith The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury 12:15, 27 October 2022

The hon. Lady is right to pull me up on my failure to address her point, although later clauses and amendments also address it. I am familiar with TheCityUK’s proposal, and the Government are prepared to look at that area. She gave an example of the regulators helping the real economy through sustainable investments, and potentially reporting some metrics against that. That is worthy of consideration.

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