By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling steadied on Wednesday ahead of a speech by Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey to British lawmakers, with markets closely watching the testimony for clues on the path of monetary policy. BoE chief Bailey and other top central bank officials will respond to questions from the Treasury Committee at 1415 GMT on the Financial Stability Report published on Dec 6. “Any comment surrounding the outlook for inflation or interest rates could drive sterling,” said Fiona Cincotta, Senior Financial Market Analyst at City Index. Sterling edged 0.14% higher…