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“Would you say that the recommendations have been half implemented or three-quarters implemented? How would you characterise it?”

“Chair, can I also thank the Governor for the letter that was published today in terms of the impact of reserves for the banking sector? You have made very clear what your views on that are.”

“We will get a chance to see that as a Committee.”

“You are saying that most of it is global.”

“Maturity and some selling comes to £100 billion this year. I just wondered whether you have done any analysis deconstructing how much of that change in the long‑term yield curve is as a result of the quantitative tightening programme.”

“No, sorry.”

“Will the staff material also cover what you touched on in your answers to Mr Coghlan? The glide path is downward in terms of short rates, but since last July 10-year rates are up 40 basis points and 30-year rates are up 70 basis points. You are selling £100 billion.”

“That is in the title. You have previously estimated that it is about 0.25%. Is that still a good number for us to assume?”

“Further to those questions on quantitative tightening, I am interested in the latest analysis that you have done. We have had this discussion before. Quantitative tightening, as it says on the tin, is having a tightening impact.”

“Governor, you wanted to add something.”

“After the inflation spike, the court commissioned Dr Ben Bernanke from the US Federal Reserve to review your forecasting approach. I know we do not have the deputy governor Clare Lombardelli, who is implementing that, with us today. Could I ask you, Governor, for an update on progress both on the infrastructure in term…”

“The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and I congratulate her on securing this important debate. Did she see the research published yesterday by Family Business UK, which points to the disastrous impact of the inheritance tax reforms on family-owned businesses? In my West Worcestershire constituency alone, the cha…”

“I recently met the chief constable of West Mercia to discuss neighbourhood policing. The West Mercia area covers Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire, and the word is that the integrated care board reorganisation will split that area into one that covers Warwickshire and one that covers some of Shropshire. I ha…”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman and his Committee for their extensive piece of work and for the report he has presented today. He mentions the wide range of different asks that the UK Government had and that he recommended that they pursue. Does he agree that it is disappointing that out of the areas that the UK wante…”

“Yes, that message in the mortgage charter about getting in touch with your mortgage lender is confirmed as an important one. In our LISA inquiry, we heard from the Minister in our evidence session that home ownership is a major public policy objective. I wanted to ask each of you to pick two things that you would do di…”

“We appreciate how important the sector is for achieving the goal of increased home ownership that successive Governments have shared. Mr Mullen, what are you expecting or hoping the FCA will come forward with in terms of your business at Atom Bank? I understand that you are in the mortgage sector.”

“If you were Governor for the day, would you change it?”

“Can I just pick up on Mr Mullen’s point? There are voices in this Parliament that argue that banks should not be paid Bank rate on their reserves; they should be paid substantially less than that, and the money should be spent on public services. What is your view on that proposal, Mr Mullen?”

“Do you agree, Mr Bhatia?”

“On this subject, do you think our regulators know enough to ensure that the best is achieved through this technology? Or are they going to find ways to suppress innovation in this area?”