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Fairlife Mark Launch Reception

By Ex-staff
Nov-16-2016
Politics
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On Tuesday 15th November, I was delighted to welcome into Parliament representatives and supporters of the FairLife charity for the launch of the FairLife Mark. The FairLife Mark is a fair trading mark for financial products, services, commitments, education and guidance. A number of FairLife Ambassadors attended, ranging from senior figures in financial industries to university administrators, teachers and school children. Britain is facing a generation of hard-working people struggling to save and struggling to retire. Change is needed now […]

Tags: Education, FairLife, Finance, Ideas, Reform, Responsibility

A better way to engage with patients about health choices?

By Steve Baker
Mar-31-2015
Fun, Politics
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Via the doctor in the house, this video from James McCormack, Choosing Wisely: Could a little entertainment be what is missing from contemporary health education?

Tags: Health, Ideas, Liberty, NHS, Responsibility, Video

Smoking kills

Today, the Commons will vote on whether to disagree with the Lords in their amendment to ban smoking in private vehicles in the presence of children. Anyone who can read knows that smoking kills. And I know, for it killed my stepfather and an uncle. Why anyone does it despite the clear warnings and often lurid images on the packets is a mystery not explained by appeal to the addictive qualities of nicotine. People who wish to live long and […]

Tags: Health, Liberty, Parliament, Responsibility, Smoking

Motorcycle Live gets the royal touch while I discuss the BMW S1000RR with Lembit Öpik

By Steve Baker
Dec-1-2013
Politics
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Via Motorcycle Live gets the royal touch: His Royal Highness Prince William Duke of Cambridge visited Motorcycle Live at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham today to get a close look at the UK motorcycle industry and some of the new models that have been launched for 2014. The Duke, who is known to be a keen motorcyclist, was welcomed to the NEC by Paul Thandi, deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands, who is also chief executive of […]

Tags: All-Party Parliamentary Groups, Bikes, BMW, British Motorcyclists Federation, KTM, Liberty, Optimism, Parliament, Responsibility, Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group

The debate on Professional Standards in the Banking Industry

By Steve Baker
Jul-5-2012
Business, Politics
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I can’t speak in the debate on professional standards in the banking industry today: I missed the opening speeches in order to help lead a conversation amongst colleagues on economic growth. As I listen to the debate from my office or in the Chamber, I realise my levels of optimism are highly dependent on who is speaking. On the one hand, I am discouraged by the sheer partisanship which has been reported in the speeches I missed. To understand the […]

Tags: Banking, Ethics, Parliament, Responsibility

Two questions in the House on an EU referendum and responsibility in banking

By Steve Baker
Jul-2-2012
Politics
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Today, I had two questions during statements. I welcomed the progress the Prime Minister is making towards a referendum on our relationship with the EU and asked him to remind us who denied the public a say on the Lisbon Treaty – Labour. I then asked the Chancellor to look again at my Financial Institutions (Reform) Bill, which would transfer commercial risk into the banks, ending the incentives which create a culture of recklessness and rule-breaking. Questions are useful, but […]

Tags: Banking, EU, Financial Institutions (Reform) Bill, Parliament, Referendum, Responsibility

Two simple steps to transform the culture of banking and to forestall the next outrage

It’s time to privatise commercial risk in banking and insist on prudent accounts. Government should: Eliminate moral hazard from the financial system by implementing this measure to make bank directors strictly liable without limit and to treat as capital both directors’ personal bonds and, for five years, the bonus pool. Introduce prudent bank accounting so banks can’t game the rules using derivatives to manufacture illusory profits from unrealised cash flows. The banking system isn’t capitalist It’s not capitalism when private individuals […]

Tags: Accounting, Banking, Derivatives, economics, Financial Institutions (Reform) Bill, Financial Services (Regulation of Derivatives) Bill, IFRS, Moral Hazard, Responsibility

The Barclays LIBOR scandal – the world seems to have shifted towards my last bill: those at the top must be held responsible.

By Steve Baker
Jun-28-2012
Politics
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The Prime Minister has said he wants responsibility in banking, right to the top. The National Association of Pension Funds wants bonus clawbacks from the people who made the related trades. There’s endless talk of the irresponsible culture in banking. All that is addressed by my last bill. Nick Robinson just mentioned politicians trying to catch up with people’s anger. I guess he has not spotted my proposed measures to make directors and staff of financial institutions liable for the consequences […]

Tags: Banking, Financial Institutions (Reform) Bill, Justice, Liberty, Licence, Responsibility

The moral case for lower, simpler taxes and a request for a debate

By Steve Baker
May-24-2012
Politics
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This week, the 2020 Tax Commission published its final report (PDF). Yesterday, Eamonn Butler wrote Don’t ignore the powerful moral arguments against high taxation. I recommend the whole article, but this section is particularly compelling: Tax reduces people’s ability to act morally. They might prefer to spend their money on helping their children become good citizens, caring for their elderly relatives, or supporting good causes. Instead they see it taken and going on bank bailouts or expensive prestige projects. Though we wish […]

Tags: 2020Tax, Institute of Directors, Morality, Responsibility, Tax, TaxPayers' Alliance

The fuel pantomime: why put up with our vulnerability to the words of ministers?

By Steve Baker
Mar-31-2012
Politics
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Charles Moore is suggesting that this fuel pantomime may be a deliberate strategy: But now that I have heard the Conservatives’ private explanation, which is being handed down to constituency associations by MPs, I begin to feel angry. The private message is as follows. “This is our Thatcher moment. In order to defeat the coming miners’ strike, she stockpiled coal. When the strike came, she weathered it, and the Labour Party, tarred by the strike, was humiliated. In order to […]

Tags: Fuel, Fuel Duty, Government, Liberty, Responsibility, Society

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Tag Archives: Responsibility

Fairlife Mark Launch Reception

A better way to engage with patients about health choices?

Smoking kills

Motorcycle Live gets the royal touch while I discuss the BMW S1000RR with Lembit Öpik

The debate on Professional Standards in the Banking Industry

Two questions in the House on an EU referendum and responsibility in banking

Two simple steps to transform the culture of banking and to forestall the next outrage

The Barclays LIBOR scandal – the world seems to have shifted towards my last bill: those at the top must be held responsible.

The moral case for lower, simpler taxes and a request for a debate

The fuel pantomime: why put up with our vulnerability to the words of ministers?

Liberty – for peace and prosperity

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