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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Davies, found the Government’s position inexplicable such that these amendments have become necessary. I can understand that. The point is that the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak only briefly, because the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has put her finger on it. There is a choice here—the choice of the members. If we believe that the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe Minister invites me to stand up. The only reason I mentioned the LGPS is because the LGPS funds have been put into pools of £25 billion to £50 billion. We have a real economy…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 99 in particular but I generally associate myself with all the amendments in this group, including Amendments 95 and 98 in the names of my…26 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lady Barran and to associate myself with Amendment 104 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, whom it is a pleasure to…21 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026My Lords—21 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI support my noble friend Lady Noakes in her assertion that members’ interests are already taken into account on many trustee boards. In fact, all but the very smallest schemes…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I first became a pension fund trustee in 1997. The trustees at the time knew that there was a turning point, and it was probably just as well to get someone who might be…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I know that this is a technical amendment, and in the last group I disagreed with the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, but on this one I totally agree with her analysis,…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillYour Lordships will be pleased to know that peace has broken out again: I agreed with much of what the noble Lord, Lord Davies, said, and I do not accept the characterisations…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIn my scheme, and in the one that the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, talked about, we take pride in what we do—but if only all the schemes did that. The value of these…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I knew my love-in with the noble Lord, Lord Davies, could not last, having got on so well with him on our first day in Committee on Monday. I want to come to the defence…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, Clause 6, as your Lordships have just heard, includes the powers to merge funds. It is a slim clause, so I will be briefer than you might expect, but I want to ask the…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I rise ahead of the noble Lord, Lord Davies—perhaps he can follow me and say how much he agrees with me this time. I support my noble friend’s Amendment 20 and will echo…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI speak as the vice-chair—former chairman—of the Local Government Pension Committee, the body that represents the employers’ part of the LGPS in the scheme advisory board. I…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI was coming to a conclusion anyway, so I will not detain your Lordships any further. I have made the points that I wanted to make.14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, now I am really worried—every time I have followed the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, I have tried to amplify the points he has made. I congratulate the noble…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I want to focus in this group on the nature of local investment. Once again I find myself in broad agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Davies; I am not quite sure…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton. He reminds me of that old joke about the dinner of actuaries where they are all complaining…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, once again, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton. I wish, perhaps uncharacteristically, to associate myself with many of his comments. I support the thrust of…12 Jan 2026