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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for tabling these amendments and I will do my best to answer all their questions. Clause 112 inserts new provisions for the Pensions Regulator to impose fixed…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for that contribution, which is equally as important as the amendments. The regulator will update its current compliance enforcement policy in due course…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]As I understand it, we have to consult before we can make that decision.26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]In answer to the noble Baroness, subject to the passage of the Bill we will consult extensively this summer on the content of new regulations, which will likely include the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I am advised that we need to get that information from the FCA; when we do, we will give it to all members of the Committee. I hope that that is acceptable.26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Of course we will be happy to write to answer the questions that my noble friend has raised.26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]We will pass a piece of paper around, and if noble Lords will write their names on it, we will make sure they are all invited. I am sorry if I am repeating myself. I am well aware…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Of course.26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for the points she has made. I think we should put this into the conversation that we will have to try to give answers which give noble Lords the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The last word I would use to describe the noble Baroness is simple; that is not the case. She and other noble Lords have raised some interesting, valid and appropriate points on…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Requiring the payment of dividends to be reported is not necessarily very helpful to the regulator. It is likely to inhibit legitimate business processes without getting more…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I will carry on and answer the question from the noble Lord, Lord Flight, and then I will answer the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Drake. The noble Lord, Lord Flight,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords for their amendments and contributions. They have been numerous, but they have been numerous in quality, so I thank them for that. I assure the noble…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords for tabling these amendments and all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It would be helpful to consider these amendments together, as they…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I do not know whether the noble Lord has put his name on the list to meet, but it looks as though I am able to offer him a meeting on the consultation first, if that is helpful,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Can I answer the noble Baroness’s question when I come to the specifics that have been asked? If I get to the end and have not answered, I have no doubt that she will let me know.…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I recognise the expressed concerns over the regulation-making powers in Part 1 of the Bill and how they might be used. There has also been comment on the principles…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I am happy to make sure that that happens.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his question. I am advised that we will write to him with the answer.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Our job is to give noble Lords comfort and to clarify matters, which we must do. I am advised that if there were to be an insolvency of an employer, that would be anticipated up…24 Feb 2020