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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 32, but I shall direct my comments to the Minister’s response to Amendment 8. The Minister has been very courteous in the face of my persistence on…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I move Amendment 8 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sherlock and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted.…30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]30 Jun 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 52 is in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Sherlock and the noble Baroness, Lady Janke. The Bill enables the introduction of an ecosystem of public and…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests and shall speak to Amendment 13 in my name. In this group the Government have brought forward helpful amendments to seek…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, the Government have tabled a number of helpful amendments in this group to address concerns raised about the impact of this Bill on the position of pension schemes, PPF…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests. I shall speak also to Amendments 39, 63 and 64. I fully support the Government’s desire to assist companies in bouncing…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillI thank the Minister for his reply and I am grateful for the advance notice from him yesterday evening, which I took in the spirit in which he gave it. It allowed us to make our…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. The Government’s desire to allow distressed companies a breathing space while exploring a potential rescue is fully…09 Jun 2020HANSARDAutomatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020My Lords, I welcome the order and regulations, which will ensure that eligible seafarers and offshore workers continue to benefit from employer duties to auto-enrol workers into a…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BusinessMy Lords, the Government have to transition out of lockdown through a precarious route that protects people’s health, rebuilds the economy and phases down the exceptional…13 May 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeMy Lords, the Government have to ease people back to work safely, increase the flow of funding to SMEs and avoid scarring unemployment. SMEs employ 60% of private sector workers,…12 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Department for Work and Pensions UpdateMy Lords, it took 16 years to get consensus and fully implement pensions auto-enrolment, so I certainly welcome the decision to maintain employers’ auto-enrolment duties, thus…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: EconomyMy Lords, 60% of private sector workers in the UK were employed by SMEs, with more than half—some 9 million—in microbusinesses. Many SMEs are struggling to keep their businesses…30 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: People Living in PovertyMy Lords, as millions experience their employers’ struggle to keep businesses afloat and workers employed, the state has deployed radical measures on a scale unimaginable a few…30 Apr 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I want to take the first opportunity to come back on this because I am conscious that a lot of people are interested in this debate. I am a little disappointed that the major part…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 90 and 91, which carry further the spirit of Amendment 96, which was tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Janke. My amendments call on the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Perhaps I may put three questions to the Minister in response to his comments. First, he opened by pointing out the overwhelming support for the dashboard that was evident in the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The liability model has not been settled. That is perfectly understandable; I do not rush to criticise it because there is a lot to do. All I would say, because I cannot resist…02 Mar 2020