Speeches by Blake.

“Are you noticing any particular patterns of behaviour among finfluencers about where they might want to be when they are perpetrating, potentially, a crime? Are you able to bring that into some of your work with the jurisdictions?”

“And you are doing that. You are focusing on the jurisdictions where you observe the pattern.”

“If there is an instance of harm, and you recognise that there is harm to a particular consumer in this country, but the perpetrator of the harm from that posting is in a jurisdiction that we cannot access, what recourse does that individual consumer have?”

“I understand the scale is quite significant, although I have not seen much of it myself. How can we possibly track these individuals in jurisdictions overseas if we do not have the resource to pursue them?”

“I want to come on to your proposals around increasing the ability of the insurance sector to invest in the UK economy. How do you see the timeline of those proposals and what do you anticipate the outcomes to be?”

“Just so I have understood, only two firms have asked for this variation about predictability.”

“What do you think that means in terms of the changes?”

“Thank you very much. What is the evidence that the concierge programme that you are bringing forward is going to really turn the dial? What is the timeline for implementation?”

“In terms of some of the ideas that we will come on to, how much growth do you think is available from your proposals in the letters that you have written to Government?”

“In terms of the content of this programme, will rationalising the number of principles that you are considering as have-regards really change the approach, or is it more about your internal workings and processes?”

“You have said that none of them is problematic, particularly on competition and growth, and it is about looking at how the policy and the have-regards align and tidying those up.”

“In 2019, you gave some fascinating evidence about credit unions and their sustainability. I want to ask what you think is happening to the credit union market at the moment. The average of failures is going down, which could suggest either that they are becoming more resilient, or perhaps what I think, which is that we…”

“I declare an interest as a member of that recently failed one, as are some other family members. What is your understanding of the impact of simplified capital requirements that have developed since 2019? Do they have a part to play?”

“Given what you have said about what it will take for credit unions to survive, and their capital requirements, what do you see in terms of the current market and environment for them to still be an available product or type of firm for consumers to go to?”

“I would like to come on to some of what is in your letter and what you intend to do, but I just want to ask about and reflect on some of the evidence that Nikhil Rathi has given about the risk of company failure, and whether the Government and consumers are going to have to accept a higher risk of company failure if a …”

“I would like to move us on to talking about growth and regulation. In your Mansion House speech, you talked about the myth of needing a bonfire of regulation towards growth. You concluded that, “The truth is more balanced,” saying that you “don’t see any compelling evidence for the idea that the big planks of the post-…”

“T10. The Pimlico district heating undertaking was built in 1950, the first ever district heating network in the UK. It used to be cutting edge, but it is in desperate need of replacement, so that my constituents can have heating and hot water. Will the Government work with local authorities such as Labour Westminster c…”

“In addition to trade and the important points that have been made about defence, does my hon. Friend agree that we should also consider a cultural touring agreement? That would support cultural organisations across the country, including the Barbican, the Royal Opera House and those in the west end. Not only would it h…”

“It addresses the deadweight problem by asking where the money is coming from.”

“Minister, you did give us a hypothetical. I have been resisting asking you hypothetical questions, but you engaged in the hypothetical by talking about lifting the cap. Hypothetically, if we were to find that there was a significant deadweight problem here, what types of changes might be available to this product or to…”