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HANSARDPension Schemes BillIt is on a separate sheet.05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank those who have taken part in this debate on an important issue. Many people out there—I have had messages from people who are watching this debate—hope for better news. I…05 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI thank my noble friend for presenting the Bill to the House. I speak as a friend of the Bill, although I suspect I will be its only friend apart from the Front Bench. I do know…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI actually said that I was looking forward to discussing it further in Committee. It certainly does require our attention.04 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillOnce again, I find myself in the position of being in broadly the same area as the noble Lord, Lord Fuller. I agree with much of what he said. We can always be in favour of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI just want to pick up the noble Viscount’s point about auto-enrolment. It was a Labour Government and a Labour Bill that introduced automatic enrolment. The only change that the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillEveryone agrees that they are a good idea, but in her reply, can my noble friend the Minister tell the Committee what serious contenders there are to take advantage of this quite…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThis part of the Bill is particularly important and the part to which I gave the strongest welcome. There is, inevitably, a caveat: we do not know much of the detail because it…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI possibly touched on this issue in the wrong group, but as the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, has indicated, I raised, in essence, the same points in the previous debate. I am in…03 Feb 2026HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportMy Lords, I should let the House know that I am joint chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on State Pension Inequality for Women, which serves to bring the concerns of many…02 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-EU Customs UnionThe House has seen four brilliant maiden speeches today, and I am sure that in the coming years we will benefit from everyone who has joined us. It is my honour and pleasure to…29 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI support mandation. I am in favour of the Government introducing the measures in this Bill, in principle. All Governments have a duty, not just a right, to deal with market…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, called on the support of reasonable people. I think of myself as a reasonable person, and I support her. I find the Government’s position on this…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI wanted to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, because, while I agree with what he said, I slightly disagreed when he talked about the favourable returns…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI find myself in some difficulty in speaking to these amendments. First, although I declared my interests as a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries at the beginning of Committee,…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy amendments address how members’ interests can best be represented whenever a release of assets is under consideration. As the Bill stands, the first members will know about…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThis group raises important issues about the purpose of these proposed changes to the legislation on pension schemes. I am going to move my Amendment 23 and speak to my Amendments…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply and other speakers who have contributed to this debate, which I think was worth having. I am pleased that I raised the issue on…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI strongly support Amendments 26 and 39 from the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. I have a question on Amendment 39, the proposal that trustees should be able to make one-off…19 Jan 2026