http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speecharchive.php Recent Speeches from Tonbridge and Malling Liberal Democrats en-GB Tonbridge and Malling Liberal Democrats http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Tonbridge and Malling Liberal Democrats 2010-09-05T01:42+01:00 United Kingdom http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000052/on_supervision_and_crisis_management.html Despite good things in Solvency 2 which have already been mentioned, we shelved the group support regime due to concerns over its practicality in periods of economic stress, its interplay with national insolvency laws and mistrust of other countries' supervisors. 2010-07-07T11:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000051/on_the_third_capital_requirements_directive.html Reform of Bank Capital is Europe's most important legislative response to the Crisis so far, and deserves big billing alongside supervision. 2010-07-07T10:59+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000050/european_financial_stability_facility__european_financial_stabilisation_mechanism.html In so many matters nowadays, the expression 'the devil is in the detail' is quoted. At times this is becoming too much of an excuse for pronouncing conclusions aimed at markets, without realising that a less than fulsome follow-up negates the conclusions, or even does more harm than good. I said this again about Bank stress tests, where we need transparent and credible assumptions as well as results, I said it earlier when it was taking too long to come up with detail on the Greek rescue, and the Committee has in fact been demanding more detail for months. We are the devils that look at the detail, and we want it. 2010-07-07T10:57+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000049/market_abuse.html Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I am as ever happy to share my thoughts and those of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee with you. 2010-07-02T00:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000048/council_conclusions.html President van Rompuy, I am pleased to see you but as chair of ECON, I would rather like to see more of you, in committee, in your Task Force role because when you come up with ideas, any multi-lateral surveillance will come to us under co- decision and the longer we are out of the loop, the longer it will take us to understand and agree the decisions you make. We have some ideas too. 2010-06-24T10:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000047/quality_of_statistical_data.html The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee is consistent and united in its view that Eurostat has to be strengthened and we have, for a long time, been in pursuit of establishing higher-quality statistical data. 2010-06-15T15:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000046/credit_rating_agencies.html Not so long ago, voices were raised to say that rating agencies should not have downgraded Greek and other bonds. "Look what it has done to the Euro?" they said. 2010-06-15T14:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000045/financial_regulatory_landscape_and_the_future_of_the_euro.html I am pleased to address you this evening; our topics could keep us here all night. 2010-06-10T09:25+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000044/the_work_of_econ_in_the_face_of_financial_crisis.html Thank you for inviting me, I am pleased to be here and I will try and give you a flavour of where we have got to in the Parliament on a range of legislative issues, and also some forward looking thoughts on topical issues. 2010-05-27T15:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000043/eu_competition_policy_priorities_the_view_of_the_european_parliament.html Good morning and thank you very much for inviting me to speak at this competition day, and I have made it despite battling through volcano ash and coalition discussions! 2010-05-12T13:00+01:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000042/ecb_speech_to_plenary_in_brussels.html Commissioner, colleagues, 2010-03-25T12:00+00:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000040/crisis_management_commission_conference_in_brussels.html This is an important and complex issue. 2010-03-19T13:00+00:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000039/tax_policies_for_a_postcrisis_world_speech_to_brussels_tax_forum.html Commissioner, 2010-03-01T15:00+00:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000038/speech_to_aifm_conference_in_london.html Hello. 2010-02-26T12:00+00:00 http://tonbridgeandmallinglibdems.org.uk/speeches/000035/regulation_and_growth.html We are now confident enough to say that things are getting better even if the effects of the crisis, particularly on employment, are not yet over. 2009-12-02T12:18+00:00