BRITISH PARLIAMENT

UK in focus: parliament dismisses retail CBDC, inflation hits 30-year high

UK in focus: parliament dismisses retail CBDC, inflation hits 30-year high

Thursday 20 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.3.4

Commentary: UK parliament reluctant to embrace retail CBDC

By Philip Middleton in London

The influential House of Lords economic affairs committee of the UK parliament has shown itself reluctant to embrace the the digital payments revolution. In a direct snub to the Bank of England and its work on digital payments in recent years, the committee’s latest report, ‘Central bank digital...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/20/uk-in-focus-parliament-dismisses-retail-cbdc-inflation-hits-30-year-high/

BPA in Parliament: PM must focus on stability

BPA Chairman addresses MPs, Peers and industry representatives:

• Brexit: A quick and satisfactory resolution to Brexit needed followed by a return to stability
• Business Environment: Relentless focus on ensuring that the business environment is one where businesses can invest and grow, with access to the skills they need
• Climate Change & scrubbers: Ports and shipping very much part of the solution to UK decarbonisation challenges; concerns growing around use of open-loop scrubbers in ports

The...

https://container-news.com/bpa-parliament-pm-must-focus-stability/