Amendments proposed to the Financial Services and Markets Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

164

Schedule     10,     page     211,     line     23,     at end insert ', to the extent that the offer is made to persons in the United Kingdom,'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

140

Clause     95,     page     43,     line     42,     leave out 'a true and fair' and insert 'not a false'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

139

Clause     95,     page     43,     line     42,     at end insert '; and—

      (d) which, in the case of behaviour which satisfies either or both of the conditions set out in subsection (2)(b) and 2(c), is intended to create that impression or distortion.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

141

Clause     95,     page     43,     line     45,     leave out 'who are unaware of the behaviour'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

142

Clause     95,     page     44,     line     20,     after 'which', insert 'the Treasury specifies and which'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

143

Clause     98,     page     45,     line     35,     leave out from beginning to 'another' and insert 'has procured'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

144

Clause     105,     page     47,     line     36,     after 'State', insert 'and must have regard to the views of the other relevant authorities'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

145

Clause     105,     page     47,     line     45,     at end insert—

      '(d) otherwise means the Authority'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

165

Schedule     11,     page     217,     line     39,     at end insert 'and at least one member of the lay panel (not being connected with a party to the reference)'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

146

Clause     108,     page     48,     leave out lines 40 and 41 and insert—

    '(6) No decision by the Authority which can be referred to the Tribunal shall have effect while the decision is open to review.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

147

Clause     112,     page     50,     line     12,     at end add—

      '(c) make provision about any regulated activity carried on at or from an establishment outside the United Kingdom except to the extent that it is carried on with or for a consumer in the United Kingdom.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

148

Clause     112,     page     51,     line     32,     at end add—

    '(9) If the Authority proposes to notify an authorised person under subsection (2)(a), it must give him a warning notice and, if it decides to impose the requirement, a decision notice as if the requirement to maintain resources at the appropriate level was the imposition of a penalty; and the authorised person may refer the matter to the Tribunal accordingly.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

149

Clause     125,     page     57,     line     22,     at end insert 'and must, if it does not accept one or more of the representations, and before the rule comes into force, publish the reasons why it does not.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

150

Clause     144,     page     69,     line     22,     at end insert 'or under section 177'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

151

Clause     149,     page     73,     line     17,     after 'the', insert 'voting'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

152

Clause     149,     page     73,     line     20,     after 'the', insert 'voting'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

153

Clause     149,     page     73,     leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert—

    '(5) In this section, a person shall not be regarded as being able to exercise or control the exercise of voting powers if he cannot do so in his own discretion.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

154

Clause     208,     page     105,     line     9,     after 'communicated', insert 'to a person in the United Kingdom'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

155

Clause     208,     page     105,     line     11,     after 'communicated,', insert 'to a person in the United Kingdom.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

156

Clause     338,     page     170,     line     15,     leave out 'on which it relied' and insert 'relating to the matters covered by the warning notice'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

157

Clause     340,     page     171,     line     39,     leave out subsection (7).


   

Mr Andrew Smith

201

Clause     352,     page     179,     line     16,     at end insert—

    '"Part XVI qualifier" has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5;'.

   

Mr Andrew Smith

202

Clause     352,     page     180,     leave out lines 2 to 5.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

158

Clause     356,     page     183,     line     4,     at end add—

    '(8) An agreement or arrangement is not within subsection (4)(g) if the agreement or arrangement is for either H or the other person to acquire, hold or dispose of shares or other interests as agent or nominee on behalf of the other without it or the other person being able to exercise or control the exercise of voting powers in his own discretion.'.


   

Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Colin Breed
Mr Brian Cotter

132

Clause     365,     page     185,     line     24,     after 'Sections', insert '20,'.


NEW CLAUSES

Maintenance of competition and promotion of United Kingdom competitiveness

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—The maintenance of competition and promotion of United Kingdom competitiveness objective referred to in section 2(2)(e) is: regulating in a way which does not unnecessarily impede competition in financial services and markets in the United Kingdom or by any category of authorised participants and which seeks to secure a regulatory regime in the United Kingdom which provides a competitive advantage internationally'.


Duty of Treasury to maintain competition and competitiveness

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Andrew Tyrie
Mr Keith Simpson

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—When deciding what regulations or orders the Treasury should make under this Act, or what other powers or discretions the Treasury should exercise under this Act, the Treasury must seek to meet the maintenance of competition and competitiveness objective and must have regard to the considerations set out in section 2(3) (c) and (d)'.


Improving the quality of investments

   

Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Colin Breed
Mr Brian Cotter

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) The improving the quality of investments objective is: improving the quality of investments of a specific kind arranged by authorised persons in the course of carrying on regulated activities.

    (2) It includes, in particular—

      (a) furthering the development of investments which offer consumers value for money;

      (b) taking appropriate measures to discourage the availability of investments which do not offer consumers value for money;

      (c) furthering the development of a wider choice of investments, while not acting in any way which would be incompatible with the protection of consumers objective.'.

 
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