Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Chartered Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Sands said the bank increased lending by 75 percent between the middle of 2007 and 2011 and grew profits by 80 percent during the same period.

He was speaking before a House of Commons committee today.

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