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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. What she describes sounds very good in theory. My amendment is designed to address the issue that that theory does not work in…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will not detain the House too long on this amendment. It is a small amendment, but it is very important for members of pension schemes in auto-enrolment, particularly…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have the pleasure of supporting these amendments. I am very pleased that the Government have made the decision to improve flexibility and help the working of these new…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 2, 4 and 5, so I will speak to those. I support the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, in his Amendment 1. The addition of the Pensions…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support this amendment. This is an important time to talk about the contribution rates to the Local Government Pension Scheme. When funding has changed so…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her thoughtful and considered response. I also thank all noble Lords who have supported my amendment, including the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her remarks. I also thank all noble Lords who have spoken in support of my amendments, in particular Amendment 24, which I had hoped the…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, Amendment 13 is in my name. I shall also speak to Amendment 15, which is very similar. I also support the aims of Amendments 14 and 16 to 19, which seek to make sure…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to various of my amendments in this group. We have moved on now to value for money. Of course, I fully support the Government’s aim of moving from talking…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes: Ministerial PowersMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer, but I am afraid that if the Government’s main argument for including these powers is that they do not expect to need to use them,…11 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes: Ministerial PowersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the need for Ministers to possess powers (1) to direct specific investment allocations for private sector…11 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes: Ministerial PowersMy Lords, in begging leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice, I declare my interests as set out in the register.11 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I first need to declare my interests as a non-executive director of a pensions administration company and as a board adviser to an auto-enrolment master trust. This is a…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillAs I think the noble Lord knows, I have enormous sympathy with everything he says, and there is a strong case for reforming and improving the incentives for low earners. However,…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIt would be helpful to have on record some idea of who is responsible, when talking about behavioural response, for reporting to HMRC and for compliance, and who will face…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to speak to my Amendments 35 and 40 in this group, which seek to do similar things in different ways from the other amendments in this group, all of which…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillCan the noble Lord explain to the House why it is okay for those whose contributions are lower than £2,000 to get this special advantage of salary sacrifice, while those not lucky…05 Mar 2026