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HANSARDDraft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026. I will briefly take the Committee through the…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDDraft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026I have nothing further to add. Questi on put and agreed to.16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDDefined Benefit Pensions Regulation: Flexible Apportionment ArrangementsWe are taking action to ensure the strong regulatory framework for defined benefit pensions remains effective as innovation develops, to manage future risks and protect member…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceI apologise to the right hon. Member for underselling him, but I think that he is also underselling the work that this Government are doing. Changes to the flawed welfare system…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceI will chunter from a standing position shortly.15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for opening it and for rightly…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceI thank my hon. Friend for her question. Our approach is to increase the basic pension and the new state pension in the years ahead, because pensioners, as well as the population…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceOf course. I look forward to the denunciation of the hon. Gentleman’s previous Prime Minister.15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceHe was not my predecessor, because I am the Pensions Minister and Gordon Brown was never a Pensions Minister. Does the hon. Gentleman know who was? Margaret Thatcher. Gordon Brown…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceIt is for the Chair to decide what is appropriate, but I will come on to the question of fair rates of tax. We should be clear and transparent in how we talk about this issue: any…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNational Savings & Investments: Bereavement ClaimsI am today updating the House on the steps being taken to address historic failures in the handling of some bereavement claims by National Savings and Investments. On 26 March, I…19 May 2026HANSARDPublic Service Pensions: SCAPE Discount RateSCAPE—superannuation contributions adjusted for past experience—is the process for setting employer contribution rates at valuations of unfunded public service pension schemes. As…19 May 2026HANSARDFood Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern BarnetThe rise in food banks across Britain is among the most visible signs that, under the last Government, ours was a country in which growth was too low and inequality was too high.…28 Apr 2026HANSARDFood Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern BarnetMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Food bank use has fallen in recent years, but it is still far too high, including in her constituency. It is part of a wider challenge that the…28 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI beg to move, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insists on its amendments 88C, 88E…28 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI thank hon. Members for their contributions, and the shadow Secretary of State for her kind words. I will be brief. The Government have continued to insist on the inclusion of…28 Apr 2026HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationThe Government made their decision on this case on 29 January 2026, after giving the PHSO’s report careful consideration. The detailed reasons for our decision were set out in our…27 Apr 2026HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationAs I have previously said to this House, it is unusual but not unprecedented for the Government to take a different view from the PHSO. That does not mean that we have not taken…27 Apr 2026HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationThe hon. Member has raised this issue repeatedly over a number of years, and I recognise that. Specifically on the issues he raises, it was the ombudsman itself, rather than the…27 Apr 2026HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationThe hon. Member raises a question about what Labour Members were promising in the 2024 election. As I am sure he is aware, our manifesto was clear that it did not make a…27 Apr 2026