Lord McFall of Alcluith, Author at Politeia

John McFall was the Labour Member of Parliament for Dumbarton (1987-2005) and then Dumbartonshire West (2005-2010), chairing the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee from 2001 until 2010. Ennobled on his retirement from the Commons, he is now Senior Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords where he also chairs the Liaison Committee and the Procedure and Privileges Committee. He was co-author for Politeia of Banking on Recovery: Towards an accountable, stable financial sector (2016) and The Financial Sector and the UK Economy: The Danger of Over-Regulation (2013).

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Economy - Recent Publications

‘Banking on Recovery: Towards an Accountable, Stable Financial Sector’, by Lord McFall, S. Kamall, G. Lyons, R. Roberts, F. Capie, G. Wood, K. Matthews, D. B. Smith, M. Powell, E. Michaels and S. Lawlor

By Lord McFall of Alcluith
April 2, 2016

The financial crisis of 2007/8 and its causes still loom large in the debate about Britain’s economy and its recovery. While politicians and economists agree on some...

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Come Clean with the People… And Parliament will give you a fair ride!

By Lord McFall of Alcluith
November 2, 2015

A week is a long time in politics, as Lord McFall notes following the House of Lords rejecting the procedure adopted by the government to get the...

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The Corbyn Conundrum

By Lord McFall of Alcluith
September 18, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour Party leader should be seen at Westminster as a wake-up call. Politicians should ponder the anti-politics victory with humility, says Lord McFall,...

‘The Financial Sector and the UK Economy: The Danger of Over-Regulation’, by J. McFall, K. Matthews, P. Minford, D. Green, J. Dannhauser, J. Hodgson, S. Cochrane and D. B. Smith

By Lord McFall of Alcluith
July 23, 2013

‘The Financial Sector and the UK Economy: The Danger of Over-Regulation’, by J. McFall, K. Matthews, P. Minford, D. Green, J. Dannhauser, J. Hodgson, S. Cochrane and D. B. Smith July 2013 Press Release

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