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We must not lose sight of the fact that we have a whole business community besides the banks providing business start-up support.We are confident that the personal enterprise show—the key aim of which is to stimulate interest and give access to opportunity and information—serves a very useful purpose.
Staff have suddenly been denied benefit for the summer holiday period because there is a date in their contracts—12 August—for starting back at school.
This was despite the fact that it had been found to lead to a reduction in competition in various banking markets.
EU rules on state aid
A further power held by the EU is the control of state aid.
If we are being asked to settle on a couple of issues for consideration, we should keep the subject in the bank and revisit it at the earliest possible opportunity.
Some may think that that is unfair, but it will be understood and would be difficult to change at a later date. I was not aware of that but I accept that it is the case.
However, for future reference, I draw attention to the fact that I own 39,000 shares—which is below the mandatory reporting level—in HBOS, which was previously the Bank of Scotland. I am in receipt of a pension from that company.
She had deteriorated quite rapidly and had had to give up a good career in banking. A local charity purchased a super-duper electric wheelchair for her.
The point has been well made—perhaps we can revisit the matter informally at a later date. We will try to consider the issue, but my team would kill me if I overcommitted them.