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HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI absolutely agree with the right hon. Member’s focus on the generational challenges, but I have a slightly different view on what the biggest challenge is. The biggest issue for…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. I shall contact the right hon. Member for Salisbury. The comments in the Westminster Hall debate are on the record.15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI am always ready to engage in exciting debates about pensions. The right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) is right to say that far more Members should be enthused enough…15 Apr 2026HANSARDTreasury… He claimed that the impact was largest on those on low earnings. That is nonsense; 87% of contributions over £2,000 are forecast to be from higher and additional rate taxpayers.…14 Apr 2026HANSARDTreasuryThe hon. Member for Wyre Forest also asked questions about savings gaps, and he was right to do so. Unfortunately, however, he talked nonsense about that. He talked about the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that administering the affairs of deceased family members or friends is always challenging, both emotionally and administratively. That is why…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsI am sure that many Members across the House, and many people across the country, share my hon. Friend’s experience of early engagement with NS&I. The brand has very high…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsI would like to make a statement regarding National Savings & Investments. On 18 December 2025, NS&I notified the Treasury of an operational failure to comprehensively trace…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsLet me try to take the right hon. Member’s questions in turn. I would think of compensation as two buckets. There will be automatic compensation relating to the withholding of…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsI welcome the tone of the shadow Minister’s remarks. I obviously absolutely agree with him that customers deserve better and they deserve reassurance. I have tried to provide that…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsI thank the hon. Member for his questions —let me try to do justice to them. He is completely right that one of the reasons customers choose NS&I is that they trust the…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsMy hon. Friend is completely right. I am sure that she speaks for many people today. The experience of administering estates is challenging for us all at the best of times, and it…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsThe right hon. Gentleman was a Treasury Minister for some duration, so he brings experience on these issues. He is right to say that, when it comes to an Executive agency such as…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsOn 18 December 2025, NS&I notified the Treasury of a failure to comprehensively trace accounts for some customers who had passed away. The result of this failure is that not all…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to talk about the anxiety that I am sure some people will be feeling, but it is more than that: we are talking not just about any old savings,…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsAs always, I thank my hon. Friend for his important question. He is absolutely right—the priority for us is to ensure that people are reunited with their money and that they do…26 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillAbsolute nonsense. Members of the House should be reminding everybody in this country that they have a strong incentive to save for their pension, not misleading them by implying…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillHere we have it again: when the Conservatives are faced with any difficult choice, the answer is higher child poverty. It is the answer to every question they are ever faced with.…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI am grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier), and the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard), for…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThat is a question the hon. Gentleman should put to his Front Benchers, who opened the negotiations with Mauritius in the first place. Opposition Members come to the House making…23 Mar 2026