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HANSARDTransition Period: UK-EU RelationsWe now know, through leaked Cabinet papers, that this Tory Government hid their Brexit plans from devolved Governments, including on state aid and food supply availability. How…12 Nov 2020HANSARDTransition Period: UK-EU RelationsWhat recent discussions he has had with Scottish Government Ministers on preparations for the end of the transition period in the event of no agreement on the UK’s future…12 Nov 2020HANSARDTransition Period: UK-EU Relationsindicated dissent.12 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. I am just sorry to say that as welcome as some of these measures are, they are just not enough. They will serve…09 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I do not have too much to add to the fantastic speech that has just been made by the right hon. Member for East Ham, the Chair of the Select Committee. I have to say that my heart…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Forgive me, for I have not been privy to all the discussions that have been going on. I take Members at their word that the exchanges that have been going on have been…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The Minister protests strongly the Government and TPR’s intentions. Why then not allow those protections and the intentions of the Government to be on the face of the Bill? The…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is good to see you back in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I wish to speak to the remaining clauses that stand in the name of the Scottish National party, and to support those tabled…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is not just me or Baroness Altmann saying this. The schemes are saying that following this path puts their own good and open schemes at risk for members to continue to enjoy.05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 5 Review of automatic enrolment “(1) The Secretary of State must, by regulations made by…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)There is a problem with encouraging good open schemes to de-risk. We know where the bond market and gilts market is right now; we know that that puts them at risk. Baroness…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthOn uncertainty, we have had a week of uncertainty from the Prime Minister and his Cabinet on whether the extension of furlough will apply to Scotland if it chooses to go into…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I do not think it is fair to characterise this as a focus just on charges. New clause 11 contains an idea for how small pots can be managed, in terms of the unintended…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The Minister must understand the greater risk from digitisation when the full suite of people’s financial savings—their biggest financial assets—are sat there. For some people who…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That is all the more reason why allowing these amendments to be made is so important, to ensure that eventually it is mandatory to provide information and transparency about fees…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Even if I leave to one side what the Minister says about the need for amendment 7, why is he not dealing with this incrementally? Why take the risk not just of allowing commercial…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I understand the Minister’s riposte, but there are two points here. First, the amendment covers reasonable excuse by allowing consideration to be given to the person’s role in the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Amendment 3 is a probing amendment so that we can set out the fact that our feeling was that the Lords amendment was compromised. By quoting Which?, as the Minister rightly has,…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Will the Minister give way?03 Nov 2020