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HANSARDPension Schemes BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This Bill aims to deliver fundamental reforms to our pensions landscape, and it is good to see that the prospect of…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Billrose —07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the right hon. Member for his question, and for the discussions that we have had on this important topic. He spent years working on this. The priority for MaPS right now…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI think recent progress on the pensions dashboard means that that deserves a little less laughter. What we are seeing at the moment is success, driving the first connections to…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy hon. Friend has raised this issue with me on a number of occasions, and he is a powerful advocate for his constituents who have lost out through the discretionary increases…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the right hon. Member for raising that specific case. I will look at it in more detail for him as he has kindly raised it here, but he has raised a point that will have…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillIn any circumstances, the trustees would need to agree to a surplus release, so they are welcome to say to their employer: we are only going to agree to it on the basis of a…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI shall come on directly to the question of superfunds, which I know the hon. Member has a long-standing interest in. There is obviously a distinction between closed and open…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe right hon. Member is giving a lucid speech, as he always does—he speaks very well—but I am failing to understand exactly the point he is making. He is talking about a local…07 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention. I am a liberal man. People will come to different views on the evidence. There are many Members in the House who have…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe hon. Gentleman is welcome to choose his tone; I will continue to the end of my comments. My job is to come and explain the Government’s decision, and to be held accountable…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe right hon. Gentleman has been a Member of this House for much longer than me, so he knows how this works. Parties set out their manifestos, and I am sure that if he looks at…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I know, without having met her, that his mum will not be disappointed in him. Obviously, the point he makes is absolutely right; it is the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI always thank my hon. Friend for her contributions. She makes a powerful case. I will come on to the reasons why we do not agree with that case, but I understand her point. This…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressWell, the right hon. Member has demonstrated more affection on previous occasions is what I would gently say to that. If he is asking me whether the Government’s position has…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank all hon. Members who have spoken powerfully today, and in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) for leading today’s debate on behalf of…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I think we have discussed versions of this question before. Yes, there have been models that may have focused on a subset of women—for…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI will give way, but then I will wrap up before Madam Deputy Speaker loses her patience.03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI refer the hon. Lady to our very detailed response, which was published in December. It runs over a number of pages, so I will send her the relevant extracts on the conclusions…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsI almost always agree with my hon. Friend, so the answer is yes. He also provides me with an opportunity to clarify a point that has not been covered in the last hour or so: the…02 Jul 2025