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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister and all who have spoken in this debate. I am sorry that, to some extent, having it in two separate bits has made it more awkward. We are at a kind…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 24 and 27 in my name. I support what has just been said by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. To some extent, we are again fishing in the same…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, my Amendment 34 again concerns symmetry of enforcement and redress periods. The Bill introduces a 10-year hard stop on complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service, but…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 30 in my name, which would introduce a fiduciary-style duty on firms in their dealings with consumers and small businesses. This group…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as a director of Valloop Impact Captive. The Bill is a chunky addition to the impenetrable forest of financial services legislation, relocating…08 Jun 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am pleased to have reached this stage, where we are now all back on the same side. We have had some exchanges when we have said, once upon a time, that we were all…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillLeave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, do insist on its disagreement to Commons Amendments 88A, 88C…27 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, the arguments have been well rehearsed. I am not convinced that this coercion is as innocent as has been made out and I therefore wish to test the opinion of the House.27 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, including for our meeting on Friday. For the record, we suggested a “have regard” framework, requiring trustees to consider private market…27 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillLeave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, do insist on its disagreement to Commons Amendments 88A and…22 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have contributed. As the Minister said, we have been around the arguments many times, so I will be brief. This was sold as a backstop to the…22 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation and for our meeting with her and the Pensions Minister yesterday. Small movements are better than none, but she will know from…22 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, the Commons has asked us to accept a clause that reintroduces strict mandation of pension scheme asset allocation, traducing trustee fiduciary duty. There are two…20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, we have heard continued disagreement with mandation and coercion from across the House. As the Minister has said, we do not need to re-rehearse all the things that we…20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMoved by As an amendment to Motion E, leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, and do disagree with…20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I did not expect to be back moving amendments quite so quickly, but despite the 20 consequential amendments that I moved on Report, four more have come to light. They…26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026