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John Sharkey
Member of the House of Lords · Liberal Democrat
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House of Lords · House of Lords · 7 September 2026
Financial Services and Markets Bill report: Consumer credit and mortgage prisoners
“My Lords, I speak to amendment five in this group. Structurally, the amendment follows the approach used by my noble friend Baroness Bowles in her previous amendment, and I'm very grateful to her for the help and support in drafting.…”
Watch from 1:37:16Financial Services and Markets Bill report: Consumer credit and mortgage prisoners
“My Lords, I had hoped that the life-crippling injustice visited on mortgage prisoners by government would produce a more sympathetic approach. And in fact, it's hard to tell what approach, if any, the government is proposing. What is it proposing…”
Watch from 2:08:50FSM Bill: Technical amendments and reform of the Financial Ombudsman Service
“My lords, I will speak to my amendments 13, 14, 15 and 99. Clauses 7 and 8 of the bill propose radical reform of the relationship between the FOS and the FCA and of the method of determining complaints to…”
Watch from 4:12:46
Financial Services Regulation Committee · House of Lords · 2 September 2026
Consumer Duty effectiveness and use of supervisory tools
“Yes, good morning. Some witnesses have told us that after three years in force, the consumer duty has yet to drive any kind of meaningful change or measurable change in the consumer home and travel insurance market. How would you…”
Watch from 9:57Consumer Duty effectiveness and use of supervisory tools
“Do you think all this is working fast enough for consumers? I mean it sounds as though there's a lot of effort and time goes into deliberations about what may be done or may be corrected, but in terms of…”
Watch from 13:25Early Consumer Duty impact and FCA–FOS cooperation under the MoU
“Can you tell us whether or not according to your data the consumer duty has in fact brought any measurable change in home and travel insurance markets? And perhaps it would help also if you would in answering the question…”
Watch from 1:19:37
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