Financial institutions
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on financial institutions. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs. For the services provided by these institutions, see financial services.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 23.04.2012 | Motor car insurance |
| This note outlines some of the reasons given for the substantial rise in motor insurance premiums experienced by many constituents in the last year. | |
| 02.02.2012 | Banking executives' remuneration in the UK |
| this Note outlines some of the changes made to the structure, determination and publication of executive salaries, with particular reference to banks and other financial companies. | |
| 06.01.2012 | Crown Currency Exchange (CCE) |
| This note sets out the position for customers following the collapse of Crown Currency Exchange (CCE) and its subsequent liquidation. | |
| 16.11.2011 | Credit Unions |
| Credit Unions. By Tim Edmonds. SN/BT/1034. | |
| 26.10.2011 | Big Society Bank |
| This note sets out the known facts surrounding the establishment of the Big Society Bank. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.05.2012 | Financial Services Bill [Bill 278 of 2010-12] |
| The focus of this Bill is to set up a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom | |
| 15.05.2012 | Financial Services Bill: Committee Stage & Report Stage (day one) Report. |
| The focus of this Bill is to establish a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom. | |
| 19.04.2012 | Financial Services Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| The focus of this Bill is to establish a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom. | |
| 13.12.2010 | Loans to Ireland Bill. [Bill 125 of 2010-11] |
| This paper on the Loans to Ireland Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading Debate on the Bill in the House of Commons. The Bill authorises the Treasury to loan up to £3.25bn to Ireland, and contains an order-making power to increase this limit subject to affirmative procedure in the Commons. It also arranges for six-monthly reporting to Parliament on the status of the loan. All Commons stages were taken on 15 December 2010. | |
| 27.01.2010 | Co-operative & Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill [HL] Bill No. 50 |
| The Bill requires new industrial and provident societies (other than credit unions) to be registered as co-operative or community benefit societies, re-names the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, and applies the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 to industrial and provident societies. The Bill also gives the Treasury powers to apply company law on the investigation of companies, company names and dissolution and restoration to the register, to industrial and provident societies, and to make provisions for credit unions corresponding to any provisions applying to building societies. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 27.01.2012 | A new approach to financial regulation: securing stability, protecting consumers, including Annexes containing... |
| Government response. Treasury report [Commons] | |
| 19.01.2012 | Accountability of the Bank of England: response from the Court of the Bank of England to the twenty-first... |
| Government response. Treasury Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 29.11.2011 | Final report of the Independent Commission on Banking. |
| Economic Affairs Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 19.10.2011 | Accountability of the Bank of England. |
| Treasury Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 18.10.2011 | Draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011: |
| Regulatory Reform Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 20.12.2011 | UK UNCUT LEGAL ACTION |
| That this House supports UK Uncut Legal Action's initiative to challenge HM Revenue and Customs in the High Court so thatits alleged decision to let Goldman Sachs off its unpaid tax ... | |
| 14.12.2011 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX (No. 3) |
| That this House notes that the European Commission is desperate to save the Euro and is proposing a tax on financial transactions that would raise 50 billion a year; further notes that ... | |
| 01.12.2011 | GENERAL ANTI-AVOIDANCE RULE FOR TAXATION |
| That this House notes the widespread public concern about the extent of tax avoidance and evasion by individuals and corporations; further notes that while evasion is illegal, taxes ... | |
| 21.11.2011 | LEVEL OF INTEREST RATES ON LOANS |
| That this House notes that wonga.com is currently advertising a typical interest rate of 4214 per cent. and that this is not the only institution offering a similar service; further ... | |
| 07.11.2011 | BANK OF ENGLAND INFLATION POLICY |
| That this House notes the rising prices of resource commodities such as energy and food which have frustrated Bank of England inflation targeting and wider price stability; further ... |
