Speeches by McDonagh.

“I thank the Petitions Committee and my friends from Brain Cancer Justice, who I affectionately think of as the provisional wing of the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours. In July last year, we launched Margaret’s trial at University College London hospital. Thanks to the donations of thousands of supporters…”

“You can say all that sort of stuff here.”

“Order. I point out to Members that this is an incredibly important debate, which is why so many of you are here today. I would ask you to be brief in your interventions, out of respect for all other Members who have something to say.”

“I remind hon. Members that they need to bob if they wish to speak. I want to be sure that I have a good idea of who wants to contribute, because we want to make sure that everybody has as long as they need to make their contribution. We will make that calculation now.”

“Order. Will the Member please sit down? Please do not make me have to intervene a third time.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. May I just say that the hon. Member had very generous time allocated to him during this debate? If the Minister does not want to take an intervention, he does not need to.”

“Order. Mr Wrigley has asked me if he can sum up at the end of the debate—his chances were in his hands. Because the debate is so popular, I will now impose a two-and-half-minute time limit on contributions. I call Dawn Butler.”

“I call the Government spokesperson—[Interruption.] I call the Opposition spokesperson.”

“At 2 pm today, many Members of this House will be attending the funeral of our dear friend Phil Woolas, the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010, who passed away from a glioblastoma brain tumour on 14 March. I am sure that everybody would wish to send their condolences to his widow Tracey, sons Josh…”

“I do not see banking hubs as the same thing as addressing digital exclusion. Am I wrong?”

“Are we in the same position that we were in with the previous set of questions about financial education? There is a patchwork of loads of different organisations, so significant numbers are falling through the net. If we have 250 or 350 banking hubs, I do not know how many branches of Age UK or whoever there are, but …”

“No, because I think it removes the need that many people have for face-to-face interaction and relationships that give confidence. There are a significant group of people who have access to the internet and may go online to see what their friends and family are doing, but that does not mean that they want to do their f…”

“The NHS app is a great example, but using it is not the same challenge as moving money around, which comes with much more risk.”

“Except that that does not exist.”

“I am sure a familiar face and a kind word might have more impact on that.”

“Transparency International and others have identified trusts as a remaining blind spot in beneficial ownership transparency. Therefore, what specific changes would most improve your ability to identify ultimate beneficial owners and take enforcement action?”

“We have seen cases where residential buildings are owned through offshore companies that are ultimately controlled by trust structures with no publicly available information on who the truly beneficial owner is. In one example in my constituency, in a Criterion Capital-linked property, tenants have been unable to ident…”

“The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services recently published a report arguing that financial scandals over the past two decades have followed a recurring pattern: early warnings missed, slow regulatory intervention, significant consumer harm and only limited reform. Do you acce…”

“The Treasury has taken a power to exclude certain FCA rules from the ombudsman’s adapted fair and reasonable test, including potentially high-level principles such as the consumer duty. Given that the consumer duty is now central to your regulatory approach, does excluding it from the ombudsman’s decision risk undermin…”