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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The noble Baroness is renowned for her forensic abilities. I am advised that we will need to write to her on that particular question. In fact, we are meeting this week, and I…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for the observations he has made. I am thrilled that noble Lords agree that auto-enrolment has been a great success and a great way for people to save for…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, and the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for tabling these amendments. Taken together, they seem to explore the Government’s response to the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesWe must pay tribute to the Church of England and faith organisations, which come into their own in these very difficult times and provide invaluable support. I will take the right…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesI am not one to contradict the Prime Minister, and I am not going to try to do that. [Laughter . ] I was really trying hard not to make fun of today, given the subject matter, but…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesI fully appreciate the impact of a bereavement on individuals; I am sure that all noble Lords have had that at some point in their lives. We have talked about the Tell Us Once…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesMy Lords, I know that this issue is very close to the noble Baroness’s heart, and I am pleased to have been able to meet with her to discuss it. It is absolutely right that we…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesAgain, it is important that people understand the support that is available to them. I will go back to the policy officials and see if we cannot do something a little more robust…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesI thank the noble Baroness for reminding us of those statistics, which should give us cause for concern. I have already pledged to go with the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, to…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesI learned everything that I do at this Dispatch Box from these colleagues.13 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapI am going to start singing “I’ve Got a Little List” in a minute. I congratulate the noble Lord on his tenacity in this area. His work on Able to Excel and his Private Member’s…12 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapI could not agree more with the noble Lord. I was on a project recently where a young girl with bags of potential who had epilepsy thought she would never get a job because she…12 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapWhether our people have a disability or they are well able, the jobs that we want them to get into will focus on technology in the future. I cannot give a categoric assurance that…12 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapHow can I say no to the noble Baroness? That is another great idea. It fits very well with the national disability strategy, which will, I am pleased to say, be developed with…12 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapThe noble Lord makes very accurate and real points. I spoke to the National Autistic Society this morning. Some 16% of autistic adults are in work and 32% of them are in some kind…12 Feb 2020HANSARDDisability Employment GapMy Lords, the employment rate for disabled people stands at 53.2%, having increased by 9.8 percentage points over the past six years. The employment rate gap between disabled and…12 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]That it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Pension Schemes Bill [HL] has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 6;…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditI thank the noble Baroness for raising what is another very valid point. Rent arrears is a problem, but the majority of arrears were incurred with the legacy benefits. It is not…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditI can give a commitment that we are listening to the most vulnerable. We will make changes as soon as we can, once they have been agreed. There is nothing in it to delay things or…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditThe noble Baroness knows that I will certainly take that point back to the department. However, I would like to share something with noble Lords. I have been making lots of visits…04 Feb 2020