The UK's Treasury Select Committee has set aside just 45 minutes to question the former Barclays chief operating officer, Jerry de Missier, over the bank's role in manipulating Libor. The timing seems ambitious given the TSC's grillings of Bob Diamond, Marcus Agius and Paul Tucker, which together have lasted in excess of seven hours.

The influential UK parliamentary body said on Wednesday that del Missier would appear before the panel of MPs to give evidence at 4:00pm BST on Monday, July 16.