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HANSARDState 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: WomenAs I think I have already said, the timing of the report is a matter for the ombudsman to determine. I have received no indication from the ombudsman of the timescale to which he…12 Mar 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceThe hon. Member makes an interesting point that may risk becoming a digression. I note that the secondary legislation he refers to is regarding automatic uprating of particular…27 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceProvided that you cough strategically, Sir Charles, because my eyesight—27 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceI will. I am in danger of making things up now, which I should not do.27 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceMy eyesight cannot quite determine the numbers on the clock any more—such is my venerable age. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank the right…27 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve…27 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceI have already heard that point, and in my preparation for the debate, I noted the complexity and the number of workstreams going on in this area. I will certainly take that point…27 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I echo the hon. Lady’s comments on Royal Mail, the late Jack Dromey and the Communication Workers Union ushering the CDC initial vehicle almost to its delivery. I think it is…27 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceI have made a lot of comments today about the drumbeat of ongoing changes and how we implement some of the private Members’ Bills that have gone through, for example. I hear what…27 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomatic Enrolment: Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2024/25Automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pensions has been a great success to date. Since 2012 over 11 million people have been enrolled into a pension and over 2.3 million…06 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will have heard earlier, the proportion of women saving for their pensions has gone from 40% 10 years ago to 89% now.05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceMy right hon. Friend is quite right that the Government have consulted on the use of curfews, which are complex and interact with numerous Government services. Several enforcement…05 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that the Child Maintenance Service has a domestic abuse plan to ensure that parents are not placed in danger as a consequence of any suggestion…05 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department is co-operating with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigation, which is ongoing, and it would not be appropriate to comment on it or the outcome.05 Feb 2024HANSARDState Pension: UK Citizens Living OverseasThe UK Government continue to uprate state pensions when there is a legal requirement for that to be done, and have no plans to change their long-standing policy or enter into new…05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceThe Government are dedicated to ensuring that parents meet their obligations to children, and we take robust enforcement action against those who do not. Parents who paid some…05 Feb 2024HANSARDState Pension: UK Citizens Living OverseasAccording to the latest estimate, based on data from March 2022, uprating the state pension where we do not currently do so would cost about £0.9 billion a year if all UK state…05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceWhere parents have certain categories of taxable income not being captured by the standard child maintenance calculation, they can make a request to the CMS to have the…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Coastal and Rural Communities: EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Dr Huq. Congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on securing the debate and to the Backbench…01 Feb 2024