Live online: the all-new HBOS inquest show
by Sean Farrell from on (#XHRN)
The Treasury committee of MPs will be on camera in all their glory this week as they scrutinise a highly critical report into the bank's near collapse
Parliamentary committees are shown live online these days. So, if they wish, Lord Stevenson, Andy Hornby and other former top HBOS people could enjoy some uncomfortable viewing when the Treasury committee meets on Monday and Tuesday. MPs are examining a report on HBOS's near collapse, which was published last month and blamed its former bosses.
First to appear will be Andrew Green, the QC who wrote a separate report criticising regulators' decision not to punish any HBOS executives apart from former corporate banking chief Peter Cummings. Green said there were grounds to investigate others, including former chief executive Hornby and his chairman Green, and that it was in the public interest for new investigations to be considered.
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