Financial Securities

HC Deb 17 July 1998 vol 316 cc334-5W

Ms Keeble

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about competition in the financial securities sector. [49370]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 16 July 1998]: To date, the Treasury has received 143 responses to its consultation document about proposals to benchmark Individual Savings Accounts, "Making Saving Easy". Some of these responses have raised competition issues.