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HANSARDCovid-19: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, “Adult social care in England is inadequately funded.” That is the opening line of a strong report from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee, of which I…23 Apr 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, in Committee there has been broad resistance by the Government to positive amendments suggesting what could be put in the Bill to give reassurance about many of the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I am not convinced, but we will await those letters—that was a very useful intervention. This is a matter that, one way or another, we may have to return to in some guise on…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her responses. Referring to the question put by the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, as to which of these the Government may be doing, I think the answer…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment because the circumstances that have been outlined are distressing and there seems to be no easy way for the affected people to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young, has done the job for me, but broadly speaking, I support this amendment. As well as what has already been elaborated, it plays into the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I signed this amendment and I do not think there is a great deal to add to what the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has said. I am sure we are all familiar with the phrase…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not intending to speak to these amendments, but it has been quite an interesting debate to listen to. In some ways, I have changed my mind during the course of the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. As I said, this is a probing amendment but also an attempt to indicate a framework that could be constructive, perhaps in…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I am conscious that, in the two groups we have already discussed, we have touched quite thoroughly on the background that inspired my amendment. The Minister has…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]That still does not mean that something will definitely happen then. I understand that the regulations’ shape depends upon the consultation but they should be regulations that do…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I signed the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, and agree entirely with the principle of both these amendments. I was particularly drawn to the notion of having a…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, is similar to the point that I was going to make. Some of the answers the Minister gave, in particular to my questions, were good…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt but this is specifically on the government amendments. Like others, I welcome what is there and I hear the Minister referring to the matter as urgent and…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group—Amendment 31 is my own. The broad principle is not to let the fines simply be a cost of doing business for the wealthy and…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment aims to utilise an existing provision in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. Section 8(1) of that Act was broadened in 2015 so that the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that explanation. I think that there are two provisions within the Company Directors Disqualification Act: the ones with the Insolvency Service tend to be…26 Feb 2020