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HANSARD Mansion House AccordMy hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for Leeds and for Britain every single week in this Chamber, and everything she said is completely right. The job of the National Wealth Fund…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordClearly, the hon. Member has not even read the accord. It talks about private assets. [ Interruption. ] No, the accord is about private assets while he mentions public assets. He…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordMy hon. Friend asks a great and important question. We will have more to say on this in the months ahead as we come forward with the final report of the pensions investment review…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordI always enjoy discussing these things with the right hon. Member, as we have done over recent months. He offers a recognition of the challenge facing the country, and in focusing…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. She has long talked about both the issues that she raises: the regional balance of investment and the ability of growing firms to get hold of…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordThat is more like it! That is what we want to hear from the Conservatives. The right hon. Gentleman rightly says that progress was made under the previous Administration. I have…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is no way that Britain can return to growth unless it starts investing in its future again, rather than living in its past, which is, if…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordIt is characteristically bold of the Liberal Democrats to cautiously welcome these measures. However, the hon. Member is right to raise the question of Australia and Canada. We…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordThe decision by the industry, reflecting the question that the Chair of the Select Committee raises about pace of change, is that the targets for asset allocation are for 2030.13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. It is nice to hear the positivity coming from him and other Members in this House who believe that Britain can do better than the last 15…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordInnovation is one of the ways in which we drive higher productivity, which is the only lasting way, alongside higher levels of investment, that we will see higher wages for all of…13 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe implementation of the McCloud judgment—unfortunately, one of the sad consequences of botched reform under the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition Government before…12 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer my hon. Friend to the fair, tough choices in the 2024 autumn Budget: there are increases in inheritance tax, capital gains tax and dividends tax, and there are fair taxes…12 May 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Means-testingI can guarantee that this Government are going to deliver on our priorities for pensioners by raising the state pension, with a £470-a-year increase this April, and saving the…12 May 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Means-testingI am grateful for the work of local authorities, including mine in Swansea, to provide places for pensioners and, in fact, members of all age groups to go to if they are in need…12 May 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Means-testingI am grateful for the work that has been done by councils and third sector organisations throughout the United Kingdom to drive uptake of pension credit. That work has led to the…12 May 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Means-testingI can tell the right hon. Member about pensioner poverty. It halved under the last Labour Government and it rose on the Conservatives’ watch, by 200,000. Yes, we have had to make…12 May 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Means-testingI refer the right hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s letter of 19 November to the Work and Pensions Committee. As well as means-testing the winter fuel payment, this…12 May 2025HANSARDPrivate Pension Pots: Young PeopleMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Although we celebrate the success of auto-enrolment, as the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) has just done, we must…12 May 2025HANSARDPrivate Pension Pots: Young PeopleLess than 1% of savers actively opt out of saving each month, but the hon. Gentleman is completely right to say that we need to remain vigilant and ensure that opt-out rates do…12 May 2025