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Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

947

 

Banking Bill, continued

 
 

 


 

Order of consideration of stabilisation options

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  NC8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The stabilisation options in sections 11, 12, and 13 must be considered in the

 

order set out above.’.

 


 

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The scheme manager must decide, once a stabilisation power has been exercised,

 

how to achieve Objective 3 of the special resolution regime through—

 

(a)    

the transfer of a relevant account to another financial institution, or

 

(b)    

making a payment to relevant depositors.

 

(2)    

Subsection (1)(a) takes precedence over subsection (1)(b).

 

(3)    

Prior to making its decision the scheme manager must consult—

 

(a)    

the Treasury,

 

(b)    

the Bank of England, and

 

(c)    

the FSA.’.

 


 

Report on exercise of stabilisation powers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

On the exercise of stabilisation powers, the Treasury must lay before Parliament

 

a report setting out—

 

(a)    

the reason for the exercise by the FSA of its powers under section 7, and

 

(b)    

how the Treasury of the Bank of England then exercised their

 

stabilisation powers to achieve the special resolution regime objectives.

 

(2)    

Where the Treasury believes the disclosure of certain information in the report in

 

subsection (1) would adversely affect achieving the special resolution regime

 

objectives, that information may be withheld from publication for up to six


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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Banking Bill, continued

 
 

months from the date on which the stabilisation powers were exercised, but must

 

be published at the expiration of that period.’.

 


 

Expiry of the Act

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Jeremy Browne

 

Mr Colin Breed

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘This Act shall cease to have effect on 26th November 2011.’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  19

 

Page  1,  line  18  [Clause  1],  after ‘28,’, insert ‘29,’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  20

 

Page  1,  line  18  [Clause  1],  after ‘30’, insert ‘, 31’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  21

 

Page  1,  line  19  [Clause  1],  after ‘43,’, insert ‘44,’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  22

 

Page  1,  line  19  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘and 45’ and insert ‘45 and 46’.

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  74

 

Page  3,  line  34  [Clause  5],  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

how the interests of creditors will be taken into account in the use of the

 

options set out in susection (1),’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  6

 

Page  4,  line  2  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  7

 

Page  4,  line  3  [Clause  5],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(g)    

the meaning of “financial stability”.’.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  9

 

Page  4,  line  3  [Clause  5],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(g)    

on the criteria by which the FSA will judge breach of threshold

 

conditions.’.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  8

 

Page  4,  line  27  [Clause  7],  leave out from ‘conditions’ to end of line 28 and insert

 

‘(within the meaning of paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Financial Services and Markets

 

Act 2000 (threshold conditions: adequate resources)).’.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  12

 

Page  4,  line  32  [Clause  7],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Condition 3 is that the FSA has consulted—

 

(a)    

the Bank of England to ensure that it will be able to exercise a

 

stabilisation power under section 8, or

 

(b)    

the Treasury to ensure that it will be able to exercise its powers under

 

section 9.’.

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  10

 

Page  6,  line  36  [Clause  12],  leave out paragraph (a).

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  11

 

Page  7,  line  15  [Clause  12],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

The primary objective of a bridge bank shall be to facilitate the sale of a bank - in

 

whole or in part - to one or more private sector purchasers, but if that is not

 

feasible the bridge bank must be either—

 

(a)    

wound up in a manner that meets the special resolution regime objectives

 

and is in the interests of the remaining creditors, or

 

(b)    

taken into temporary public ownership.’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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Banking Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  23

 

Page  29,  line  21  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘is wound up’ and insert ‘enters

 

insolvency’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  24

 

Page  29,  line  23  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘been wound up’ and insert ‘entered

 

insolvency’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  25

 

Page  29  [Clause  60],  leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert—

 

‘(c)    

the reference to insolvency includes a reference to (i) liquidation, (ii)

 

bank insolvency, (iii) administration, (iv) bank administration, (v)

 

receivership, (vi) a composition with creditors, and (vii) a scheme of

 

arrangement.’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  26

 

Page  30  [Clause  60],  leave out lines 12 and 13.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  27

 

Page  30,  line  32  [Clause  62],  leave out ‘a company’ and insert ‘anything’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  28

 

Page  30,  line  32  [Clause  62],  after ‘is’, insert ‘, or was immediately before the

 

transfer,’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  29

 

Page  30,  line  38  [Clause  62],  at end insert ‘all or part of’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  30

 

Page  30,  line  42  [Clause  62],  after ‘business’, insert ‘, or part of it,’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  31

 

Page  31,  line  41  [Clause  63],  at end insert ‘, or part of it,’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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Banking Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  32

 

Page  32,  line  5  [Clause  64],  leave out ‘a company’ and insert ‘anything’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  32,  line  7  [Clause  64],  at end insert ‘(whether or not it is also a group

 

undertaking in relation to the transferred bank immediately after the transfer),’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  32,  line  24  [Clause  64],  leave out ‘undertaking’ and insert ‘company’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  32,  line  31  [Clause  64],  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

The Bank of England may act under or by virtue of subsection (6) only with the

 

consent of the Treasury.’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  36

 

Page  33,  line  6  [Clause  65],  leave out ‘transferee to operate the transferred

 

business’ and insert ‘transferred bank to operate’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  37

 

Page  33,  line  40  [Clause  67],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

A reference in subsection (1) to obligations under a section includes a reference

 

to obligations under that section as applied under section [Special resolution

 

regime: Continuity obligations: onward property transfers] or [Special

 

resolution regime: Continuity obligations: onward share transfers].’.

 


 

Mr David Gauke

 

Not called  3

 

Page  36,  line  5,  leave out Clause 72.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  38

 

Page  36,  line  18  [Clause  72],  after ‘enactment’, insert ‘(other than a provision

 

made by or under this Act)’.

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Not called  1

 

Page  36,  line  42  [Clause  72],  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

No order under this section may amend this Act.’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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Banking Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Gauke

 

Not called  2

 

Page  36,  line  42  [Clause  72],  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

This section shall cease to have effect at the end of the period of two years

 

beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.’.

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  4

 

Page  46,  line  6  [Clause  93],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

Subsection (4) above does not take precedence over Schedule 6 to the Insolvency

 

Act 1986.’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  39

 

Page  63,  line  33  [Clause  119],  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Section 413(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (rules: duty to consult Insolvency

 

Rules Committee) shall not apply to the first set of rules which is made in reliance

 

on this section.’.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  40

 

Page  83,  line  41  [Clause  154],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

Section 413(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (rules: duty to consult Insolvency

 

Rules Committee) shall not apply to the first set of rules which is made in reliance

 

on this section.’.

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Negatived on division  5

 

Page  86,  line  7,  leave out Clause 164.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  17

 

Page  86,  line  24  [Clause  164],  at end insert—

 

‘(da)    

arrangements for institutions that have permission under part 4 of the

 

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to carry out the regulated

 

activity of accepting deposits (within the meaning of section 22 of the

 

Act, taken with Schedule 2 and by order under section 22) but are not


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 26th November 2008            

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incorporated in, or formed under the law of, any part of the United

 

Kingdom;’.

 


 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  13

 

Page  87,  line  12  [Clause  165],  after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Subject to subsection (2A),’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  41

 

Page  87,  line  13  [Clause  165],  leave out ‘contribute towards expenses connected’

 

and insert ‘to make payments in connection’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  87,  line  16  [Clause  165],  leave out ‘contributions’ and insert ‘payments’.

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Not called  14

 

Page  87,  line  18  [Clause  165],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Prior to requiring the scheme manager to contribute towards the exercise of the

 

stabilisation powers, the Treasury may require—

 

(a)    

a private sector purchaser to make a contribution where the option under

 

sections 11 or 12 has been exercised, or

 

(b)    

the bank liquidator to make payment where a bank insolvency order has

 

been made, or

 

(c)    

the bank administrator to make a payment where a bank administration

 

order has been made.’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  43

 

Page  87,  line  21  [Clause  165],  leave out ‘contribute towards’ and insert ‘incur’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  44

 

Page  87,  line  23  [Clause  165],  after ‘incurred’, insert ‘in connection with the

 

exercise of the stabilisation power’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  45

 

Page  87,  line  25  [Clause  165],  leave out ‘contributed’ and insert ‘paid’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

Agreed to  46

 

Page  87,  line  27  [Clause  165],  leave out ‘contributions’ and insert ‘payments’.

 



 
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