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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is precisely what new clause 1 is intended to deliver. Monthly data used to be published on the usage of Pension Wise. The Government…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 1, together with amendments 2 to 5, and I am grateful to those from my party, the Conservative party and the SNP who have added their names to them.…16 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesI do hope that the Secretary of State will have the good grace to acknowledge and thank Marcus Rashford for his campaign, as I certainly do. I welcome the additional support that…09 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s perceptiveness in our discussions. May I check that he accepts the point that I made, that there should not be a carve-out for all FCA-registered…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I am very interested by the points raised so far; I am particularly interested—as many others are—in what the…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered , That further consideration be now adjourned. —(James Morris.)05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister and to everyone who has taken part in this debate. I welcome a lot of what he has said. On guidance, he told us that the FCA writes to everyone at…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 125, page 121, line 11, at end insert— “(e) the results of due diligence undertaken by the trustees or managers regarding the intended…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am pleased to be serving under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Stringer. The Work and Pensions Committee, which I chair, discussed amendments 21 to 24, and I am grateful to…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I want to press the Minister on the timescale. I take the point that a response will be published early next year, so when does he expect the arrangements to be in place so that…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I welcome the Minister’s commitment to legislate in this Parliament. Can he give us some indication of when in the next four years that Bill might be introduced? December 2024…05 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am very pleased to be serving under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. Like others, I very warmly welcome this proposed legislation for CDC pensions, and congratulate Royal Mail,…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Would it be in order, Mr Stringer, for me to ask about clause 98 in this part of our discussion? It is the counterpart to an earlier clause and will introduce regulations to…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is worth putting on the record that the worst problem was what happened with the Pensions Act 2011, as I think the then Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, has since recognised.03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I wonder whether the Minister would agree that it does seem very odd that a trade union making a legitimate pay claim might have to worry about whether it is committing a criminal…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have a real worry about this. Is the Minster saying that, for example, if a trade union successfully called for a higher pay rise than was initially offered, the company…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s reassurance on communications. Will good communications be a consideration for the regulator in determining whether a proposed CDC scheme should…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Can the Minister raise our hopes that perhaps in the next 12 months or so, there might be regulations that allow multi-employer CDCs to be set up?03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I apologise for raising clause 47 in the previous debate; I probably should have waited until now. I am glad we had that debate and I welcome the Minister’s assurance that…03 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She and I took part in a debate on a similar issue around 10 years ago, on the Welfare Reform Bill. She is right on this point, and that is an…03 Nov 2020