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HANSARDSupport for PensionersAs I am sure my hon. Friend is all too aware, I am not able to comment until the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report is published.18 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersI am sure my hon. Friend agrees with me that the Mayor of London seems to spend more time paying extremely expensive salaries to some of his key employees around Greater London.…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always happy to have a debate with the hon. Gentleman. We sit next to each other almost every morning in Portcullis House, and I am sure that we can have a conversation.18 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersI am obviously disappointed to hear of that constituent’s experience, but it is not something I hear very often about pension credit. We have an excellent delivery record and an…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersI am grateful for that question. The answer could not be further from nothing. This is a Government with a proven track record of supporting pensioners, including our commitment…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersThis is the Government who have nearly doubled the personal allowance since 2010, ensuring that most of the lowest earners do not pay income tax. Indeed, thanks to the personal…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersIn 2023-24 we will spend over £152 billion on benefits for pensioners in Great Britain—5.9% of GDP—including a forecast £125.4 billion on the state pension.18 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure to serve…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024My right hon. Friend makes the very fair point, which I have always been conscious of in this brief, that small schemes may occasionally get out-shouted by some of the larger…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024I am sure my hon. Friend will be aware that we have seen volatility in pension schemes over recent years. Many DB schemes are now funded to surplus, to a much greater extent than…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the shadow Minister—the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough—and my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and Billericay for their contributions. I will do…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024I am grateful for that intervention. The Pensions Regulator is expert in regulating, but more than that, it recruits investment consultants, experts in covenants, and experts in…13 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI have already given way, and I am running out of time. I do apologise. I have listened carefully to the arguments that have been made today. I would like to set out further the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI certainly do not believe that I am hiding behind anything. The ombudsman’s inquiry is going through the processes that the ombudsman itself has set out.12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI am sure the hon. Lady will appreciate the principle that until a final report is published and until we know the contents of that report, I—as a Government Minister with a duty…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI am about to conclude, because I have only a minute left before the hon. Member for Strangford needs to have his concluding say. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford for…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate and all Members who have contributed to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI very much hear what the hon. Lady says. The whole point of the ombudsman’s investigations is to determine the outcome of that process and how justice is to be delivered.12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI can indeed give that assurance. As I have just said, we are fully co-operating at every stage with the ombudsman’s investigations.12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI have given way a number of times, and I have been very generous. I am conscious that I need to finish my contribution and allow the hon. Member for Strangford to comment. I am…12 Mar 2024