Covid Fraud appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Lords Chamber on 29 Jun 2026, with 10 speakers contributing 20 speeches.

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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Grand Committee on 29 Jun 2026, with 26 speakers contributing 95 speeches.

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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Grand Committee on 24 Jun 2026, with 15 speakers contributing 58 speeches.

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Peers questioned whether the Financial Services and Markets Bill gives ministers and the FCA too much power to rewrite consumer credit and banking rules, despite Government assurances that Section 75 protections will remain; opponents plan to return to the issue at Report stage, with safeguards still unresolved before the Richard Lloyd review reports in October.

MPs from several parties argued that current transparency rules under the Modern Slavery Act are too weak to stop goods linked to forced labour, including from Xinjiang, entering the UK; the Government said it is reviewing possible mandatory checks and import bans but gave no firm timetable for legislation.