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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to government Amendments 156 and 178 in my name. I am delighted to bring forward an important amendment to this Bill, delivering on a commitment made by my…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will start where we just finished. I can only assume that the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, did not listen to the words of the noble and learned Lord, Lord…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for moving his Amendment 170. It is good to have the opportunity to discuss again the climate-related risks with which…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for introducing their varied amendments calling for a series of reviews. I have been trying to keep track and I think we are now up to…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am going to read Hansard , because I very much hope that the noble Lord has not just accused the OBR of having skin in the game. If it was not the OBR, perhaps he…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso, for moving his Amendment 161, and for the conversations that we have had on this and other things. I have a lot of…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords—at least, most noble Lords—for their contributions to that little debate. It is probably worth saying at the outset what this is about. Anyone who…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillGo on. It is going to be a long day.19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIf the noble Baroness could have just a bit of patience, I am just coming to that. I ask her to bear with me for a moment. Either of the noble Baroness’s proposals to extend the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThis all comes as a package. A lot of attention is focused on this particular reserve power, but in fact it is the combination of all the elements of the Bill that we discussed in…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, as we have heard, the combined effect of these amendments would be to remove from the Bill the Government’s reserve power to require certain pension schemes to hold a…19 Mar 2026