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HANSARDPension Schemes BillIs the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, going to contribute to this debate?23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI support the amendment from the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso. I think that anyone who looks at the detail, as he has done, will be convinced that somewhere in this series of…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for these amendments. We have discussed this issue a number of times during the passage of the Bill, and other noble Lords who have…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI hope the House will bear with me. I once bragged that if I were ever on “Mastermind”, GMPs would be my specialist subject, so I feel compelled to ask a question. Of course,…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI welcome the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, on police pensions. It is a clear injustice that my noble friend the Minister will understand. The truth is…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillOkay. This demonstrates the clear fact that I am still suffering from my cold, which is so bad that it kept me from attending the second day of Report. There is an important issue…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillOkay; good. As I say, I am still suffering from my cold, and I hope the House will indulge me. But I think it is important to make the point on those members’ behalf.23 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring Forecast StatementI start by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso. I do not know whether he will mind me mentioning that we recently discovered that we share one thing in…17 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring Forecast StatementYes, the noble Lord, Lord Leigh of Hurley. That was a blind spot: I am sorry. I always listen with great interest to what the noble Lord says. We take part in many of the same…17 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring Forecast StatementSure, but that is true only if the widow does not get a pension. My whole point is that that arrangement should be providing pensions and not providing capital sums to the widow.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI do not mean to be unkind to the tablers of this amendment, but it is nonsense, in my view. As the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, explained, I can confirm that I am a fellow of the…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI have worked in the pension sphere for far longer than I care to remember, and so-called surpluses have been a big issue throughout. They have come and gone. Sometimes they have…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI have three points. First, I profoundly disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. To pin the blame just on politicians lets everyone else off scot-free. It is more like Murder on…16 Mar 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI welcome strongly the Government’s decision to abolish the two-child limit. Scrapping it remains the single most effective step that we are taking to reduce child poverty in this…12 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes: Ministerial PowersMy Lords, like my noble friend I am looking forward to discussing these issues at length on Report of the Pension Schemes Bill. Does the Minister agree with me that the real trick…11 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI have just two points. First, I am perhaps the only person in the House who believes in the National Insurance Fund. I am in favour of the National Insurance Fund in principle.…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI want to contribute, by supporting the Government, a bit of sense to this debate. We have heard so much doom and gloom, but what is the reality? What impact are these measures…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI thought I said in my earlier remarks that there will be a marginal effect: I accept that, although we do not actually know what that marginal effect will be. It is all…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMay I just press the noble Baroness on the point she made about serious additional costs? Would she care to quantify what those serious additional costs are?05 Mar 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationWould my noble friend agree that, although the proposal to cancel the elections has been dropped, the Opposition have no basis to complain about such proposals because they have…25 Feb 2026