Parliamentary Activity - Angela Eagle MP

AE chamber

Covid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and Sport - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, and to follow the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark). I will concentrate particularly on gyms, rather than making...

Procedure Committee

Commons debates

It would be a good thing if the Leader of the House would actually listen to the statements that are happening at the moment. I add my congratulations to the right hon. Lady on the superb work...

Examination of Witness - Dr Susan Hawley gave evidence.

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Finally, because you answered that so fast, do you think that the way to deal with the larger global companies is vicarious liability, rather than “failure to prevent”? Should we...

Examination of Witness - Dr Susan Hawley gave evidence.

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

By the way, without meaning to be rude, you have three minutes to answer this or the Chair will cut you off.

Examination of Witness - Dr Susan Hawley gave evidence.

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q It would be very useful if you would share that information. What can we do to improve the incentives to prevent this activity? Is that more about enforcement and the almost wiping out of...

Examination of Witness - Dr Susan Hawley gave evidence.

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I was just getting you to reaffirm that is what you meant: that essentially that is what we have done, because presumably you think that our enforcement and activity against this kind of...

Examination of Witness - Dr Susan Hawley gave evidence.

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

You said something astonishing today. You said that, in your opinion, we have outsourced our enforcement on economic crimeQ to the US.

Dental Services: Protective Clothing

Department of Health and Social Care

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide PPE for (a) dentists and (b) dental hygienists who have to see patients face-to-face during the...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q In what period do you expect the impact assessment to arise after the rules have been specified in a consultation period? Is that the kind of process that you would like to see the FCA follow?

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Is that what you mean when you are talking about accountability—to the companies that are regulated rather than the consumer? Clearly a great deal of detail will have to be decided by...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q So are you happy with the framework that has been set out in this Bill? Given that it is only a framework and you do not know the details yet, I am assuming that you think the details will be...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q The Bill also contains powers for the PRA and the FCA to create a prudential regulation; an entire new system for credit institutions and investment firms. Do you represent such companies?

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q We heard earlier today about the shift away from the LIBOR benchmark—which is obviously another part of the Bill—by the bond markets, and that they want continuity of contracts to...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Adam, I wonder whether there is anything that you would have liked to see in this Bill that is not there, given that it is an initial first step. Is there anything that you think should have...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you, Emma. Catherine, I know this is a slightly invidious question, but I am going to ask it anyway. Do you think the FCA is properly equipped and resourced to take up the duties that...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q With our leaving the EU, there has already been some competitive behaviour on the part of certain countries in the EU that shall remain nameless, which are trying to grab some of our business....

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you. Catherine, we are coming out of the European Union, where we used to wield great heft in the technical discussions around this regulation. I assume that is still the case. I speak...

Examination of Witnesses

Financial Services Bill

Angela Eagle made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q There is this tension between equivalence, which you fairly unambiguously said you wanted a few minutes ago, and the argument made that we should leave the European Union so that we can have...