HBOS Reading: Independent Review

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:30 pm on 18 December 2018.

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Photo of Ed Vaizey Ed Vaizey Conservative, Wantage 4:30, 18 December 2018

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for calling this debate. In fact, I called a debate on this very subject 10 years ago, when my constituents Justin Riggs and Karl Capp told me how they were being treated by their bank. This is one of the biggest frauds to hit many hard-working small business people in this country. The simple point is that the bank, rather than hiding behind regulations and technicalities, should be giving generous and quick compensation to many people who have lost their businesses, because of a fraud that was covered up and hidden for years by senior members of that bank.