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A hard Brexit poses risks to the integrity of financial markets and could make it harder to protect consumers from wrongdoing by

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问题    A hard Brexit poses risks to the integrity of financial markets and could make it harder to protect consumers from wrongdoing by banks, the head of the city regulator has warned MPs.
   Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, said a cliff-edge Brexit—one in which the regulatory framework changes the instant the UK leaves the EU—also presented competition risks, alongside threats to legal and market stability.
   In his latest letter to the Treasury Select Committee, Bailey said a sudden exit from the EU could make it difficult for regulators to obtain information about the firms they regulate. "Any lack of certainty with regard to the regulatory framework may affect the ability of the FCA, and perhaps other regulators, to take enforcement action as a means of both addressing and deterring misconduct," said Bailey.
   He also highlighted the risks associated with the sudden loss of the "passport" that firms based in the EU use to operate freely within the 28 member states. Bailey has previously told the committee that 5,476 UK-registered firms hold at least one passport to do business in another EU or EEA member state while just over 8,000 companies authorized in other EU states use these rules to do business in the UK.
   There was a risk, he said, that firms could end up without the correct permissions to sell products or find themselves vulnerable to legal action if they were not able to meet pledges to provide services for customers. The FCA may not have enough time to process applications—which take about 23 weeks—if the loss of passporting is only agreed late in the negotiations.
   Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, a leading supporter of the Open Britain campaign, said: " The last thing post-Brexit Britain needs is to tie the hands of the Financial Conduct Authority behind their back. A hard Brexit doesn’t just risk pushing our economy over a cliff edge, it risks throwing robust regulation into the void as well. "
   "If we learned anything from the 2008 global economic crash, it is that a clear system of regulation for financial services is essential. It is deeply worrying that the people responsible for that in this country are saying they will not be able to do their job properly if Britain crashes out of the EU without a transitional deal in place. "
   " When the financial watchdogs are themselves saying they will not be able to properly protect consumers following a hard Brexit, the government needs to sit up and take notice. " "If the watchdog cannot watch financial transactions properly, we are leaving both peoples’ finances and markets vulnerable to abuse. "
What can we learn about Chris Leslie’s position on the result of a hard Brexit?
选项 A、He provides proofs for Bailey’s view.
B、He challenges Bailey’s conclusion.
C、He poses a whole new insight.
D、He echoes Bailey’s opinion on the issue.
答案D
解析 推理判断题。本题考查文中涉及的两个主要人物的观点。从定位段提供的信息综合得知，莱斯利强调应该建立明晰的市场监管法规体系，让金融市场的管理者能够更好地应对脱欧可能带来的一系列风险。而上文也提到了贝利对强行脱欧之后可能存在的风险进行了预测，可见两人都是对脱欧后可能存在的问题有所担心，故答案为D)。A)“他为贝利的观点提供佐证”，莱斯利只是接着贝利提出的各种风险指出应该以强化法规体系来应对，并未对贝利的观点提供佐证，故排除；B)“他挑战贝利的结论”，莱斯利没有对贝利的观点做出任何评价，故排除；C)“他提出了全新的观点”，莱斯利和贝利一样，都认为强行脱欧会引发市场和法律风险，只是莱斯利更具体地强调了健全法规的问题，并不是与贝利完全不同的观点，故排除。
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