RDR Debate: Baldwin amazed by support but 'love in' debate criticised

Scott Sinclair
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Campaigning MPs Harriett Baldwin and Mark Garnier last night declared themselves "amazed" by the cross-party support they received during the much-anticipated parliamentary RDR debate, but some said the common ground meant there was a lack of any progressive dialogue.

On a freezing night in London, as many as 80 MPs, some from as far away as Middlesbrough and East Kilbride in Glasgow, were in the House of Commons to represent the concerns of their constituents about the RDR's remuneration and qualification proposals. The debate was called by Baldwin and Garnier, who said they had been "inundated" with letters and phone calls from thousands of advisers fearful of the impact the Review would have on their livelihoods. At least a dozen MPs used six-minute time slots to call for the FSA to permit ‘grandfathering' for experienced advisers and rethink th...

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