MPs debate handling of Equitable Life
17 March 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Mark Hoban, Shadow Treasury Minister, introduced an opposition day debate on the handling of the Equitable Life collapse and its aftermath. Sarah McCarthy-Fry, HM Treasury Exchequer Secretary, responded to the debate
- Video and Audio: Equitable Life
- Commons Hansard: Equitable Life
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