City of London (Markets) Bill
23 June 2026
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City of London (Markets) Bill House of Commons
00:00 - 02:19
Speaker 4
Order, order. City of London Markets Bill. Good morning. My name is Matt Turmaine. I am chairing today's Opposed Bill Committee.
With me on the committee today are Edward Argar, Alex Barros-Curtis, and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter. We are here to consider the City of London Markets Bill, which was deposited in Parliament in November 2024 and introduced into the House of Commons in January 2025. The bill received its second reading in January 2025. Following consideration by the Court of Referees in April 2025, certain signatories to a petition against the bill, Makhdoom Foods, PM Prime Fish, and L&A Fishmonger, were found to have a right to be heard on their petition, and it is this petition that we will be hearing today. The petitioners are represented here today by Mr. Choudhry Zahaab Amjad.
The promoter of the bill, the City of London Corporation, is represented here by Paul Wright, City Remembrancer and Parliamentary Agent for the bill, Richard Turney KC, Kimberley Ziya, and Paul Double. We will first hear from Mr. Turney, who will make representations in support of the bill on behalf of the promoter. Members of the committee may ask questions at any time. The promoter's evidence bundle will be uploaded to the parliamentary website after this session. I will remind the parties before us today that, except when examining a witness, they should not directly question each other but should instead direct and address their remarks to the chair and the committee.
We intend to sit until 12:30 PM, and then again from 2:00 this afternoon until 5:00 at the latest. Should we not conclude proceedings today, we will resume at 2:00 PM tomorrow. I would like to acknowledge the weather and the heat that everybody is experiencing, and so please do feel free to take off your jackets if you so wish, and if the weather does become unbearable, we can temporarily suspend proceedings if necessary. And I will now hand over to Mr. Turney. Thank you.
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