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HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024. Relevant document: 17th Report from the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeI thank the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, for his support and endorsement of our stance on the triple lock and our decision to include it in our manifesto. On the points on WASPI that…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI have already spelled out what we are doing about it. Do not forget that these figures are one year out; they are retrospective figures. In my opening Answer, I spelled out what…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI have already mentioned many of the things that we are doing. I have also been quite open by saying that the war in Ukraine and the pandemic have had an effect. Those are not the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeI will disappoint the noble Lord by saying that I am not able to give any such commitment, apart from those that I have given. I am beginning to sound like a long-playing record…26 Mar 2024HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this short debate. As usual, there were a number of specific and quite technical questions, notably from the noble Baroness, Lady…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI beg to differ with the noble Baroness, because analysis shows that the Government’s cost of living support prevented 1.3 million people falling into absolute poverty after…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI have certainly taken note of the point raised by the noble Baroness, but I say again that we have extended eligibility several times and to more groups of children than any…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyMy Lords, these statistics cover 2022-23—a year when war in Ukraine and global supply chain challenges led to unexpected and high inflation rates, averaging 10% over the year.…26 Mar 2024HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024Absolutely. I think I have already indicated that lessons have been learned. From my point of view, I regret that we fell down on the Explanatory Memorandum and that we had to…26 Mar 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeAs I made clear earlier, the report came out only on Thursday. We have said very clearly that we want to have enough time to be able to look carefully at all the details in the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI think that is a little unfair from the noble Baroness. She will recognise, as I think the House does, that Ukraine has played a part. In the previous Question we heard about our…26 Mar 2024HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024Yes, I will do my best to do so. Regarding the Explanatory Memorandum, as outlined, because the changes here were focused on clarifying the date on which the regulations came into…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI note that the noble Lord has raised this point in the House in the past, and the Government certainly support the provision of nutritious food in schools. It ensures that pupils…26 Mar 2024HANSARDChild PovertySetting such a strategy and targets can drive action that focuses primarily on moving the incomes for those just in poverty—just above a somewhat arbitrary poverty line—while…26 Mar 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyI am very aware of the noble Lord’s interest in this area. I recall the debate that he led on about three weeks ago, which I was involved in. I have very much taken note of his…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyMy noble friend is absolutely right. The House will know—and I shall say this again—that this is one of the ways forward. The most important thing is for people to be in work. She…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyAgain, the noble Baroness has made a good point about looking beyond a year and taking a long-term view. More than 26 million awards of support were made between October 2021 and…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyMy Lords, an evaluation of the current household support fund scheme is under way to better understand the impact of the funding. In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced an…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyThe noble Baroness makes a very good point of tackling poverty not over one year but over several years. She will know that we will spend £276 billion through the welfare system…21 Mar 2024