Paralympic Swimmer, Director London 2012, Technology, Diversity and Inclusion
Today (3 March 2021) is day four of the House of Lords committee stage debate on the Financial Services Bill. I am proposing an amendment to highlight the current, sub-optimal, identity verification requirement in financial services known as Know Your Customer [KYC]. This amendment also offers a pathway to transforming our approach, our outcomes and …
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Today (3 March 2021), in the House of Lords, I am putting forward an amendment to the Financial Services Bill which would increase protection for those who find themselves vulnerable to the sharp practice of ‘lead generators’ when they are seeking debt advice. The amendment is designed to prevent practice of so called ‘lead generation’. …
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Today (1 March 2021) is day 3 of committee stage for the Financial Services Bill in the House of Lords. I am putting forward an amendment to the bill which could positively impact the levelling up agenda. If accepted, this amendment could: Dramatically increase financial inclusion for our superb SME businesses. Develop an effective ‘patient’ …
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Today (1 March 2021) is day three of committee stage for the Financial Services Bill in the House of Lords. I am putting forward an amendment which would require fund managers to report to the Financial Conduct Authority on how their funds, and each constituent part of their funds, satisfy such environmental, social and governance …
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Today (22 February 2021) is the first day of Committee Stage for the Financial Services Bill in the House of Lords. I will be speaking in support of several amendments and putting forward three amendments in my own name; to better protect small and medium-sized enterprises, to review financial services regulation and to ensure more …
Today (22 February 2021) is the first day of committee stage for the Financial Services Bill in the House of Lords. I will be speaking in support of several amendments and putting forward three particular amendments in my own name. Second of my amendments to be debated during todays proceedings will be amendment 113, which …
Improving Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) rights by permitting rights of action for breaches of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) handbook. Today (22 February 2021) is the first day of Committee Stage for the Financial Services Bill in the House of Lords. I will be speaking in support of several amendments and putting forward three particular …
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I was delighted to participate in a videoblog, earlier this week with Hogan Lovells Financial Institutions Partner, Rachel Kent on The Future Regulatory Framework. The issue of the day, how to establish an effective and efficient means of scrutinising our financial regulators. It is self evident that major changes are underway, and required, as to …
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At a meeting, somewhere recently, with names not to mention and times unspecified, I was fortunate to hear, first hand, as to the UK opportunity for a DARPA style organisation. DARPA is, of course, the US agency that, for sixty years, has existed to ‘make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security.’ The idea …
