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HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 14 requires any overpayment or underpayment of pension benefits or lump-sum benefits in relation to a pensioner or a deceased member to be corrected, and sets out how and…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I can provide the hon. Gentleman with that reassurance. It is simply the case, under the operation of these provisions, that we want people to be able to make a decision at the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 5 requires scheme regulations to make provision to allow a member who opted out in relation to a period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022 to elect for that service to…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 4 ensures that members are returned to the appropriate legacy scheme, which is the scheme that they would have been entitled to be a member of if they had not been moved to…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 4, page 5, line 4, at end insert— “(3A) In a case in which any of the person’s remediable service in the employment or office in question is…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 2 is a crucial provision that implements the retrospective remedy. It provides that any period of remediable service that was under a new scheme is treated as being, and…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The Government obviously take responsibility for all of those things, but it is important to establish the full context. We inserted the changes at the request of the trade union…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. It is important to clarify one of the misapprehensions about what has happened over the course of the passage of this legislation…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)To reassure the hon. Gentleman, the amendment is designed to prevent that from occurring. In other words, the fact that their employment was outsourced during that period would…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank colleagues on both sides and those in the other place for the constructive way in which we have proceeded…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out subsection (4) and insert— “(4) The second condition is that the service in question is— (a) pensionable service…27 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI recognise the passion with which the hon. Gentleman speaks in this place. I am happy to take away the issue to which he alludes and to look at it with my Department. However,…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI am glad to have this opportunity to respond on behalf of the Government. The UK economy is roaring back to life following the unprecedented challenges that we faced during the…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesWhat the hon. Gentleman misses is that a jobs-based recovery lies at the heart of this Government’s plan. If he cares to look at this Government’s record, as opposed to that of…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesContrary to that rendering of events, the challenges we face in relation to the supply of HGV drivers are those faced by countries across Europe. This workforce is predominantly…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesIf we look at the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, we see that they are for 6.5% growth in 2021 and 6% growth in 2022. That is an incredibly strong economic recovery,…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesIt is good to see the hon. Gentleman back in the Chamber. The reality is that nobody came into politics to raise the burden of tax on our society. We all feel that keenly, but we…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesThis Government have worked very closely and co-operatively with the Scottish Government in Holyrood to make certain that we can, together, provide the most effective, targeted…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. The concept of some kind of VAT windfall is fundamentally misleading. VAT is charged at 5% on energy and if people are spending more…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2022Public service pensions continue to be among the very best available. This technical update sets out the rates of indexation and revaluation that will be applied to public service…20 Jan 2022