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13 Nov 2006
Details of a plan to protect the UK from Sarbanes-Oxley are set to be unveiled this week in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday.
The Clearing House and Banking Bill - which should be in force within a year - is designed to overcome fears that a London Stock Exchange takeover by a US exchange could allow stringent US regulation to be enforced in the UK, the Financial Times reported.
The bill, consisting of 12 clauses, is said to be politically
non-contentious.
Economic secretary Ed Balls said it was government's
'agreed and clear intention' to get the legislation on to the statute books as
quickly as possible.
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