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HANSARDPension 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 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 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 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 BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I echo the words of noble colleagues in the Committee about the dangers of the Government mandating any particular asset…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 83, which has received wide support. I think it is really important, as is the idea of lengthening the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken and the Minister for her responses and patience with the comments made, especially by me. I have ongoing reservations but will…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy worry is we have a term “fully delivering” in this legislation. It does not seem to me that very many schemes are likely to be fully delivering, even in a light green capacity.…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 58. My remarks will apply to all the other amendments in this group, apart from Amendments 64 and 65, to which I will speak shortly, and…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillOkay. I have not fully prepared for it, but I am happy to do that; it will save us time later on. The concerns expressed in Amendment 136 and the amendments that the noble…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, said, my Amendment 136 is in a later group and was degrouped deliberately to explore the issues that she has just raised. If the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe remarks that the Minister is making are of concern to me—and, I think, to other Members of the Committee—because they are just what the big providers would say. They have the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, and the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, have done the Committee a great service. I wish to flag up that these amendments are really…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I strongly support Amendment 46A from the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, to which I have added my name and which she so eloquently explained. I will speak to my own…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillNo. I was just saying, if you transfer assets in, that 2% charge does not apply and will not apply. Otherwise, obviously, it would be uneconomic. But I understand that the idea of…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIs there a reason why the Government will not even consider allowing some transitional entry for schemes that are already established, such as the one I mentioned, which may or…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIn what the Minister has just described, I do not quite understand how dark green and light green fit with “fully delivering”. Only dark green would be fully delivering, so why is…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have enormous sympathy with the thoughts behind the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Sikka. However, I share the concerns expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady…19 Jan 2026