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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q It is difficult. You raised the point about geographical location and that a mayoral authority could have three different funds within it. More important, Cornwall county…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q For trustees, the arrangement will be slightly different if it goes into a big pool, but to what extent do you think local authorities, if they are going to see mandation, would…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q 64 Thank you for coming to this afternoon’s session. Councillor Phillips, I will start with you on the big argument about mandation. Obviously, these are reserved powers, which…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeThanks to our Conservative winter fuel payments campaign, thousands of pensioners have signed up to pension credit, and millions more pensioners will receive winter fuel…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCredit UnionsThank goodness I was called to speak after all. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina Murray) on securing this debate. It has been fascinating…16 Jul 2025HANSARDFinancial Services ReformI am very grateful to the Minister for advance sight of her statement. There is much in these Leeds reforms—many of which were formerly known as the Edinburgh reforms—that can be…16 Jul 2025HANSARDCredit UnionsIt is always a great pleasure to serve under you, Mr Twigg, and I apologise for nearly knocking you over on my bicycle first thing this morning.16 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe former City Minister raises a good and important point. He tries to bring together a number of related but quite disparate issues that we need to think carefully about. I…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillIt is a great pleasure to be here with you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I welcome the Minister to his place. He has been here a couple of days over a year and is already taking an…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillIt is an important question, and one that I will come to in due course. Watch this space for a fascinating manifesto in the run-up to the next general election—I am sure everybody…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe hon. Member makes an important point. The earlier people start putting money in, the better. As a result of compound interest, over many years they will end up with a bigger…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I speak on this Bill as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for space. I…04 Jul 2025HANSARDHigh Net Worth IndividualsIn her Budget last year, the Chancellor tucked away about £10 billion over the next couple of years from reform to the non-dom tax regime. It is important to remember that the OBR…01 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025That rather depends on one’s point of view. I think it was fortunate for everyone in this room apart from Conservative Members. Moving on, we are absolutely supportive of bringing…25 Jun 2025HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025It is an absolute joy to serve under your very professional and diligent leadership and chairmanship of this Committee, Mr Stuart. I also congratulate the Minister on his debut in…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to Banking Hubs: HertfordshireIt is a great pleasure to serve under your talented leadership, Sir Desmond. It is very good to be here. I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South West Hertfordshire…25 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI start off by saying a huge thank you to the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) for the extraordinary amount of work she has done across this whole debate. This is the…20 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryI thank all Members who made a contribution to the debate. It has been fantastic to hear from the hon. Members for Strangford (Jim Shannon), for Congleton (Sarah Russell), for St…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is always here. A number of important things have come up in this debate, one of which is the importance of the clusters. We have heard talk the north-east…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the space industry on the economy. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial…11 Jun 2025