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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I rise for the last time in your Lordships’ House to congratulate the Minister, to thank her for all the hard work that she has done and to say how much I have…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPackage Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I declare my interests as president of the Tourism Society of the United Kingdom, and all the other things I am involved in within the hospitality industry—none of which…21 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak on Motion K and my Motion K1. I have rehearsed the arguments around this question fully both in Committee and on Report, so will therefore not do so again.…20 Apr 2026HANSARDRail FreightMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, if we are to get a substantial move of freight on to the railways, we need to move to palletisation as opposed to containerisation as the…13 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, my Amendment 6 is entirely consequential on the amendment your Lordships agreed to. I am very grateful to the Public Bill Office for its advice in helping me to correct…26 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, as I move my Amendment 161, I can hear the Minister saying, “Not another review”. I apologise. I say to her at the outset that I recognise how much the Government have…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 155 from the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and will speak briefly to my Amendment 162, which seeks to achieve exactly the same effect. Since the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, briefly, I support the noble Baroness in her amendments, to which I have added my name. As usual, she has done a splendid technical exposition of the amendments. More…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMight I ask the noble Lord what the notional employer’s contribution is that he is putting into his calculation?23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, very briefly, I will support our Front Bench and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, because it is quite a wise thing to have an inquiry. I wholly reject the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for his support. As an actuary himself, his words were of great comfort…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI beg to move.23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 14, 16, 17 and 18, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Palmer. It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and I thank…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House.16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, as the Minister indicated earlier, we left much of the meat for this debate around pre-1997 indexation to this group, not anticipating the events that happened outside,…16 Mar 2026