On 13th June 2023, the House of Lords debated the Financial Services & Markets Bill in its third day of the report stage. Votes were held on two amendments to the bill, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury took part.
Division 2:
The Archbishop of Canterbury took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Baroness Chapman of Darlington to insert a new clause to the bill, “Defined contribution and defined benefit pension funds investment review,” which would compel the Treasury to publish a review on incentivising pension fund schemes to invest in high-growth firms and green infrastructure.
The amendment was disagreed. Content: 192 / Not Content: 210
The Archbishop of Canterbury voted Content.
Division 3:
The Archbishop of Canterbury took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Baroness Kramer that would “prevent the Government from making substantive changes to the policy on ring-fencing and SMCR by statutory instrument, and would prevent policy from being amended in a way that departs from the report from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.”
The amendment was disagreed. Content: 184 / Not content: 188
The Archbishop of Canterbury voted Content.
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