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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion J. I beg to move. Motion J1 (as an amendment to Motion J)20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 78 and 86, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 86A.20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion K. I beg to move.20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 79 and 87, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 87A.20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion L. I beg to move.20 Apr 2026HANSARDNational Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026That the draft Order laid before the House on 26 February be approved. Relevant document: 54th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…16 Apr 2026HANSARDNational Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026. Relevant document: 54th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee13 Apr 2026HANSARDNational Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026My Lords, this statutory instrument was laid before the House on 26 February. Automatic enrolment has been widely recognised as a major policy success, significantly increasing…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNational Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their questions and I will try to answer most of them if I can. I will respond first to my noble friend Lord Davies and thank him…13 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThat the Bill do now pass.26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, the amendments here are minor and technical following Report, and the Government will not oppose them today. Amendment 4 in my name is also minor and technical. This…26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the House for its scrutiny of the Pension Schemes Bill. The Bill will make a real difference for people saving for their retirement. It will help their…26 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentMy Lords, I am grateful for the questions from both noble Lords. I will come to them in a moment, but I think it is worth reiterating why we are expanding our support for young…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentThis is already happening in lots of different places and in lots of different ways. Jobcentres are doing it. For example, we are setting up youth hubs in 360 locations across the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentI am very grateful to my noble friend; he makes a really important point. It just is not helpful to anyone if we start getting caught in false binaries. We need to work with the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentThe right reverend Prelate makes a very important point. The Government have done quite a bit of work in different sectors. As I have said at the Dispatch Box before, we have done…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentI have never regarded the noble Baroness as being harsh in the way she mentions. She has hit on the underlying question, which is a really important one. The question sometimes,…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentThey are all excellent questions. We have worked very closely with the Government in Wales to see what they have done—they did not need a youth guarantee because they already had…24 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentI thank my noble friend for an excellent question. We have to tailor this to where an individual is at. One of the real challenges is that different young people have different…24 Mar 2026