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HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenMy Lords, our £37 billion cost of living package is particularly focused on low-income households. Children living in families receiving qualifying means-tested benefits will…13 Jul 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this instrument, which brings into pension law various duties of trustees of defined benefit and defined contribution occupational pension…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. While some of the participants in today’s debate stand in awe of the brain power on pensions of some of the people in this room,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022The CMA found among pension schemes that there was a low level of engagement by trustees and a lack of clear and comparable information on which to assess value for money.…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL]Of course we accept that there are regional variations, which is why, with the levelling-up agenda, we are doing our very best to improve the work opportunities for people in…08 Jul 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL]I think it is fair to say that the Government have a differing view from that of the noble Baroness and people on the Opposition Benches. It is exactly that our helping people to…08 Jul 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL]I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham for introducing this Bill and for the opportunity to debate again a subject dear to his heart and to those of others in the…08 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersMy Lords, with around 1.3 million vacancies currently available, the Government recognise the importance of filling vacancies in support of business and economic growth. Our…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersI wonder whether the noble Lord will allow me to read Hansard and respond to him in writing.06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersI will leave that to my noble friend to make the suggestion. The SAWs visa scheme makes sure that people can have a visa if employers promise to pay them over £20,000. I am…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersThe DWP is running numerous programmes to get people back to work to try to fill those vacancies, because, as the noble Lord said, the lack of workers and skills is not helping…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersI note the point the noble Baroness makes about shortages in the aviation sector, and there have in fact been problems in road haulage and other sectors. But the Government and…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersImmigration policy is not in the DWP’s gift. I suggest the noble Lord takes that up with the Home Office, although I am happy to help by diverting his question to the Home Office.…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersI am very pleased to tell the noble Baroness that that is exactly what we are doing. For older workers—those over 50—there is a £22 million fund to boost employment support. I can…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersWe are working with the DHSC and the DfE to promote opportunities and routeways into adult care. We are using our sector-based work academies to get people skilled, but the health…06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersI know that he is full of ideas, and I am sure we will hear from him very soon.06 Jul 2022HANSARDShortage of WorkersAgain, I am pleased to respond to that question, because we set a target to have 1 million more disabled people in work between 2017 and 2027. By Q1 2022, we had 1.3 million, so…06 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pensions GapI think that the gap between women’s and men’s pensions is closing—27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) BillMy Lords, the Government are fully aware of the acute pressures that families across the UK are under due to the rising cost of living. This is why we have brought forward this…27 Jun 2022