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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)To follow on from the shadow Minister’s comments about amendments 8, 16 and 3, this debate takes us to probably the greatest area of contention in the Bill, which is contentious…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)No, Mr Robertson.03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Will the Minister give way?03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I draw the Minister back to points that he made earlier, when he said that the information provided on the dashboard will be taken sequentially so that it will be added to over…03 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 ] (First sitting)Before we decide what to do on this amendment, I am keen to hear from the Minister. He suggested that if the clause was allowed to stay as it is— as it was amended by the Lords—it…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 ] (First sitting)Amendments 19 and 20 are in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon, and for the reasons that other members of the Committee have outlined we support part 3 of…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)To build on that, does the Minister see the engagement, which he has rightly described as one of the most extensive from an employer and an employee-representative organisation in…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 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economy UpdateIt has taken weeks for the Chancellor to tinker with his job support scheme to get it to a better place, as if he was surprised by the impact that the necessary public health…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Support: Worst-affected SectorsEnding the furlough scheme early is going to put livelihoods at risk, so will the Secretary of State provide an update on her discussions with the Treasury about extending the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsFor some time, the SNP has led the campaign to end the universal credit five-week wait. We think that is best done by the introduction of grants, so we welcome today’s Work and…19 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I thank the Minister for giving way. I want to say at the outset how pleased I am to see him in his place. He should rest assured that the thoughts of my family are very much with…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, and I do not disagree. I understand that commercial dashboards are coming; that is not where the dispute is. What I and others across the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I welcome the intervention from the Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms). During the passage of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), who made some very interesting points which we would want to listen to, and which…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]We welcome this part of the Bill in particular. We support informing savers about their savings landscape, but one concern we have is that the amendment in the Lords that allows…07 Oct 2020