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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will speak first to Amendments 12 and 24, which would exempt small and medium-sized enterprises, charities and social enterprises from the salary sacrifice pension…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate—a shorter debate than we probably needed—and I am particularly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, my amendment in this group seeks to make the commencement of this Act conditional upon the publication of an independent review of its impact on employers. The…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to open proceedings with my noble friend Lord Altrincham on our first day in Committee and to be joined in this group by my noble friend Lord Leigh and…24 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the support I have received this evening, particularly from my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, who, like me, cares…23 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, Amendment 217 would require the Secretary of State to conduct and publish a review of public sector pensions. I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Noakes for her…23 Feb 2026HANSARDLocal Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords, I rise to speak to these two closely related sets of regulations, which together established the new tiered system of business rates for the 2026 financial year. One…10 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it may be that those are precedents that have been passed in legislation, but I am not clear that they have been put into this sort of Bill. The problem with the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Younger of Leckie in proposing a review of pension awareness and saving among young people. When I had the honour to review the state…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I shall speak to government Amendments 194 to 202. The Government’s letter states that the liabilities of the AWE pension scheme will no longer be pre-funded, that the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDBaby Milk Powder: CereulideMy Lords, as the grandmother of a baby who was born pre-term, I was very interested in this incident. As far as I could make out, it seems to have been well publicised, and those…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, this Bill is deceptively small. It runs to just four pages of text and could be easily mistaken for something minor. But its consequences for working people and for…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillBefore the Minister moves on, entry is essential to innovation. The idea that the big firms or any regulators are going to be able to decide the right path for the innovative…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have three very simple questions. First, why in some areas is the delegated legislation by negative resolution and in some cases by affirmative resolution? In Clause…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is fair to say that I am not keen on Chapter 4 of the Bill, which appears to allow the state to trample on and prevent the establishment of smaller funds, and, if…03 Feb 2026HANSARDBusiness RatesMy Lords, here we are again, discussing yet another U-turn when the Government conclude, after public outrage at an announcement that they have made and after some tardy…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness RatesMy Lords, the Official Opposition have actually come forward with plans for the high street, which we would be very glad to share with the Minister as he does his high street…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2025My Lords, as we move forward in an age of rapid technological change, it is right that we legislate to keep pace. This statutory instrument is, in many ways, an example of how…28 Jan 2026