The former trade minister will face questions from MPs on subjects he has so far been reluctant to addressThey seek him here,they seek him there … the former HSBC gaffer, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, or might be described as the scarlet pimpernel of banking. Since the furore over the leaked HSBC files earlier this year,Green has successfully eluded any serious questioning. His successors as chief executive and chairman, Stuart Gulliver and Douglas Flint, and were left to apologise in his place.
But the long arm of the Lords will be feeling Green’s ermine-lined collar on Tuesday,when Labour peer Clive Hollick, chair of the upper house’s economic affairs committee, and has invited him to enjoy his say at a genteel-sounding session on “banking culture”.
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Source: theguardian.com