The speech was rather overshadowed by the release of information about the amount of money Tory MPs have repaid to the Commons authorities, but read it if you have time, because there are several themes in it worth noting.
Signature Bank of New York said on Tuesday that it had repaid $120 million to the Treasury Department.
A lawyer involved in a civil suit against the family said they had repaid profits to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A lawyer for the Quaids said that they had repaid their debt to the ranch.
Mark Richard, the trustee in Miami-Dade County, said it was unclear whether Mr. Tornillo had repaid any money to the union.
She had been cautioned in 1985 for using a friend's chequebook to obtain goods worth around £700, after it had been reported stolen; she said she and the friend had repaid the money to the bank.
Does it only get repaid to taxpayers once all TARP funds have been repaid to the federal government?
Mr. Lawler asked whether John Rigas had repaid the money advanced to him, which prosecutors say totaled $46 million from 1999 to 2002.
News this week that Greece had repaid a €450m (£325m) loan instalment to the IMF also lifted the market.
The American International Group said on Thursday that it had repaid an additional $1.5 billion owed to the Treasury Department, further reducing the bailed-out insurer's government lifeline.
