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HANSARDPension Schemes BillGood. I now have it and I want to check that everyone else has it too. That is my first question dealt with. In speaking to this amendment, the aim is to enable members of pension…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have every sympathy with the noble Lord’s amendment, and I would love the Government to find themselves able to accept it. I would certainly agree on the moral case…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI understand the point that the noble Lord is making. I am just not convinced that one would want to put this type of responsibility on the Government. Of course, judgments in…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillSection 169(2)(d) in the Pensions Act 2004 seems to make provision for this to happen. Therefore, what is the purpose of that clause? I am trying to build on that to specify…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I add my words of support to the concept being promoted by my noble friend Lord Younger. I hope the Government will look into this, as it might well be a good topic to…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI respectfully ask the Minister to consider the possibility, which is arising, of someone who can come along after the assessment period and pay more than the PPF can provide. As…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have added my name to these amendments. I very much support the aims of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, to ensure there is proper flexibility in the levy paid by…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI will speak very briefly to support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, and the noble Viscount, Lord Younger. I know how passionate the noble Baroness…05 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, first, I need to declare my interests as a non-executive director and a board adviser to pension companies. I understand the Government’s thinking, in theory, about the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support this amendment in principle. I share the concerns just expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Davies, about the risk of mandating a substantial proportion of any…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords—26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIf the intention is to maintain these specific limits in the Bill, I hope that consideration will be given to an existing new entrant pathway—rather than only a new entrant…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I, too, have a number of amendments in this group and I will address my remarks mainly to them. Amendments 99 and 106 recommend removing the specific figure of £25…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. We have had a good rehearsal of the views and concerns about mandation and the need for a specific limit.…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillOn behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, who is unable to be here today, I am happy to move her Amendment 112 and speak to the others in this group. My remarks on Amendment…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI apologise, but I think that the noble Baroness’s characterisation of the impact of buying and selling, as she said, on listed companies—whether that puts money into the economy,…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe Minister has raised many points that I would like to ask further about, if that is okay. The fragmentation applies to legacy schemes: the contract-based schemes, as she says.…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to all the amendments in this group, which are basically on exactly the same topic. I hope that the Minister understands the spirit in which they are all…26 Jan 2026