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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, on his success in the Private Members’ Bill ballot. His persistence in bringing the Bill before the House is admirable and…13 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, we regularly discuss the deeply concerning economic and political situation in Zimbabwe with international partners, including EU member states. Her Majesty’s ambassador…11 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweThe noble Lord makes some extremely important points. As I mentioned, DfID Zimbabwe operates under a strict funding policy whereby no UK aid money passes directly through the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, we will review our sanctions regime in connection with Zimbabwe at the end of this year, when we come to the close of the transition period. The noble Lord is absolutely…11 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, I acknowledge the noble Lord’s long-standing and close interest in Zimbabwe and its people, and I agree that we must continue to give hope and encouragement to all those…11 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, I will certainly take that point away and bring it to the attention of colleagues; it is very important. We do our utmost to ensure that our bilateral aid, for example,…11 Mar 2020HANSARDZimbabweWe are not wholly in agreement with the EU on its approach to sanctions. During the EU’s annual review of its Zimbabwe sanctions regime, for example, it decided to suspend…11 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I understand from officials in the Ministry of Justice that there has been a relatively small number of cases where the pension scheme member has taken advantage of the pension…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Altmann for her amendment. I am well aware that she is a passionate and long-standing campaigner on the issue of lower-paid workers…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I promise that nothing I said was intended as a recipe for no action. The problems that my noble friend articulated well relates to how we solve this problem, not whether we are…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendment from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe would commit the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review the tapered annual allowance on tax-relieved…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, my answer to my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has to be exactly the same as that which I have already given. I can do no other than urge all noble Lords…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The reviews are under way. They have not yet been concluded, but the conclusions will be announced on Budget Day.04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments tabled in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Janke and Lady Drake, and the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, all concern automatic enrolment into workplace…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I hope that the noble Baroness will not go away with that impression. We are aware that there is a gap to be bridged. The key point I would ask her to reflect on is that, despite…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Consumers will have various modes of redress available to them if they are not served legally or properly by their scheme provider or the dashboard provider. Our response to the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, and my noble friend Lady Altmann for tabling this amendment because it provides me with an opportunity to update the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments. Perhaps I can start by addressing the questions raised by the noble Baroness, Lady…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]It will be entirely up to the consumer to decide whether they wish to have a dashboard showing all the information relating to their pension entitlements. Nobody will be forced—02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I will come on to the question of identity in a second when I address the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Young. Clearly, we want to do our utmost to ensure that the…02 Mar 2020