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HANSARDContracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, the government loan and delayed payback mechanism in this statutory instrument gives the electricity suppliers time to work unexpected higher charges through to…02 Jul 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to each amendment in this group. The noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has a series of amendments on data accuracy—there was also one in the first…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment revisits the issue of open direct benefit schemes on which discussions started in Committee; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Young, and the noble Baroness,…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this debate. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Young, and the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for signing the amendment, for…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I have signed my name to both these amendments, which follow on from significant debate in Committee. I agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, said about how…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register: I am a non-executive director of London Stock Exchange plc, which has a pension scheme of which I am not a member. I have…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, like other noble Lords, I appreciate the government amendments to make regulations by the affirmative procedure. Having thanked the Minister for that, I will move on to…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSentencing Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak about consolidation rather than the detail of sentencing, although I am glad that this project is reaching a conclusion. Sentencing is a discrete and most…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I welcome the amendments tabled by the Government to address the position of the Pension Protection Fund and the Pensions Regulator where there is a relevant scheme. The…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillI thank noble Lords who signed the amendment and spoke in support. The noble Lords, Lord Hodgson and Lord Holmes, and my noble friend Lady Kramer all spoke from experience about…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I supported the pre-pack amendments in Committee and have done so again. The reason for the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, is simple: reference…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register. I support Amendment 13 and what has been said already about it. I am a signatory to that amendment, but I shall…23 Jun 2020HANSARDOver the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I declare my interests as in the register as a director of the London Stock Exchange plc. I have forgotten how many of these Treasury statutory instruments I have done, but it…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, there is little to add to what has been said. I signed both the amendments, and I agree with what the noble Lords, Lord Hodgson and Lord Vaux, have said, and with what…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in the register as a company director. There are many good amendments in this group that I support, but I will limit my speech to the ones in my…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow many speakers with great experience in the pensions world. As the Minister said in speaking to the first group of amendments, the objective of…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group. In some ways, I see this group as a continuation of the previous debate concerning the effect of the moratorium…16 Jun 2020