§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements have been made for dealing with disciplinary cases that a regulator had started before the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 came into force on 1 December. [22445]
§ Ruth KellyThe right hon. Sir Roy Beldam has been appointed President of the Interim Tribunal which has been set up under Article 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Partly Completed Procedures) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 2001/3592) to hear outstanding disciplinary cases that were started before commencement of the main provisions ("N2") of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Sir Roy, who became a judge in 1981, was Chairman of the Law Commission (1985–89), Lord Justice of Appeal (1989–2000) and was, up until N2, Deputy Chairman of the Securities and Futures Authority Panel of Tribunal Chairmen.