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HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)It is. Sophia Singleton: —and we have said that we need to move the focus from cost to value, and we are seeing that very much come through in the culture within the industry, to…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)That is not the view of the whole industry, which points to the collective action problem of an exclusive focus on cost, as much as it is a barrier— Sophia Singleton: The value…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely.01 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeI hope the hon. Member will write to me with the details of the case she raised. On the more general picture, I can reassure her that we now have a lower backlog of pension credit…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeMy hon. Friend has raised this matter with me before, and the one thing I can confirm is that she is a powerful advocate for her constituents on this very important issue for…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady only had to wait till next week’s Treasury questions, when she could have asked her question, but she has the same answer. What we should do is look at the record of…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeThe Government are committed to ensuring that all pensioners receive the support to which they are entitled. That is why we have been running the biggest ever pension credit…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeI thank the hon. Member for his question, and I congratulate Members on all sides of this House who have run campaigns to drive up pension credit uptake. That is very important,…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Credit UptakeI thank the hon. Member for his question, but would gently say that every time he opposes every single tax rise or any difficult choice in this House, he is saying that the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsMy hon. Friend the Member for Salford mentioned the statistic of 43%, referring to the 2004 rather than 2003 survey. However, as she will know, that refers to all women, including…01 Sept 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsAn important consideration in the Government making this decision was that evidence showed that sending people unsolicited letters is unlikely to affect what they know. That is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his crucial question. That is exactly why we have revived the landmark pensions commission. We have to confront the reality that we are on track for…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for his question. We discussed this issue at some length in the statement before the recess. He knows that the priority for the Labour party has been to…01 Sept 2025HANSARDCredit UnionsIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I start obviously by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Beer DutyI always look forward to seeing you in the Chair, Dr Murrison—nearly as much as I am looking forward to that pint. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Woking (Mr Forster) for…15 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillIt is nice to sometimes be able to surprise on the upside. I would expect employees to benefit in most cases, because trustees are in the driving seat and I am sure they will want…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillYou have.07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her oversight of all our pensions, which I think is reassuring. [ Laughter. ] Sorry; it is reassuring! I will come directly to her…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe right hon. Member invites me to skip quite a long way forward in my speech, and it is a long speech.07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThat was not the support I was hoping for from the Chair—understandable, but harsh. I will come to some of the points that the right hon. Member raises. I think he is referring…07 Jul 2025