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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for introducing her amendments and explaining why she wants to advance them. As she said, taken together, they would…05 Feb 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector OrganisationsMy Lords, the Government are turning the tide on child poverty. This requires consensus, partnership and shared action. Government cannot achieve this goal alone. Input from…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector OrganisationsMy Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for mentioning the visits: I had a fantastic visit to Derby, invited by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Derby,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI was going so well; I was in full flow.03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Noakes and Lady Bowles, for introducing their amendments. I will start with Amendment 181, which would broaden the range of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, we want innovation. That is what I have just tried to describe. TPR has made innovation the central pillar of its corporate strategy. It launched an innovation service,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillWe may disagree on some of the approaches to the market, but we want innovation, so I do not disagree with the noble Lord on that. However, we want innovation that serves member…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and others for their contributions. Clause 48 inserts new Part 7A, on “Unilateral changes to pension schemes”, referred to as…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am happy to reflect on the noble Baroness’s point. If it leads the Government to believe that we have phrased the test badly, then of course we will take appropriate action; if…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector OrganisationsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for a great question. I agree with her point that the role of cultural organisations and the opportunity to participate and engage with others…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, who always throws out good challenges. I welcome the opportunity and hope that I can persuade her with the answers I am about to…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI think because it has to happen. It has to follow VFM; the pensions road map has set out the connection and the order in which things will happen. My understanding is that it is…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, for clarifying his view and apologise if I misrepresented it. I will not respond at any length but will simply say that…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI do not know who we had in mind when we were designing this measure, but I am pretty confident that it was not the noble Baroness. If she were to ring up and say, “I want to take…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, for introducing this debate, and to all noble Lords. Let me briefly outline the problems that the chapter on guided…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector OrganisationsMy Lords, I commend my noble friend for the work that he did in Bristol, the leadership he showed and all the excellent work that was done there. I am absolutely clear that if we…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am not going to say any more than I have now. The noble Baroness has made a series of complaints about cartels, secrecy and lack of integrity—all kinds of things—none…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, as I was saying, as the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, described so well, the aim of her Amendments 168 to 170 is to shift from measures aimed at restricting the creation…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTwo-child Benefit Cap: Foreign-born ChildrenMy Lords, I am sure the House is every bit as proud of the noble Baroness as they are of Tracey Emin or any other eminent member of her family, whether they are a lawyer or a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector OrganisationsThat is a great question, if I may say so—there are some good questions coming out today. We absolutely are not interested in talking solely to large charities. We are interested…03 Feb 2026