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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will make just a few rounding-up comments. I am very pleased to have the support for my amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, from my noble friend Lady…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI appreciate the answer to that. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, I am also a glass-half- full person, but in relation to what the noble Lord has said, there are two major reviews into the welfare system with a link to work. They are…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillAs ever, that is a very helpful clarification, but I will leave it up to the Minister to answer that. I stick with my view that we are not persuaded by these amendments. Perhaps…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 187A, 188A, 189A and 203ZA tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. She has long been a formidable and principled advocate for pension…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, Amendment 205 in my name would require the Government to review levels of pension awareness among young people and to consider how existing policy might better support…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will mainly speak to and concentre on the government amendments in this group. I start by thanking the Minister for setting them out so clearly. We welcome the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 203 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, and I am grateful to him for his tour d’horizon on the history behind this issue…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I hope that the Committee will think that it makes sense if I begin with the four amendments in this group tabled in my name. I start with our probing stand-part…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTwo-child Benefit Cap: Foreign-born ChildrenMy Lords, let me highlight some more statistics. The Government’s own impact assessment states that the addition to the benefits bill will be £13.6 billion over five years.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillWe brought this into effect. Of course, that takes us back to the coalition in 2010-15, but so much has been done since then. I will not go on but, if the noble Lord feels so…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, before I conclude on this group, I thank in particular my noble friend Lady Noakes for her probing amendments, which ask a number of important questions. I will make a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak to this group of amendments on guided retirement. Perhaps I should begin by saying that we welcome the direction of travel set out in the Bill…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I speak briefly to Amendment 175, tabled by my noble friend Lady Noakes and supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles. This amendment relates to new Section 117D, the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in strong support of a number of carefully drafted amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, and once again ably supported by the noble…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, briefly, this group again underlines a central point that we have been making: mandation should not be in the Bill. Time and again, we have heard concerns about the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to open what I hope and assume will be another interesting debate. Once again, I hope it will shine a light on the flaws of mandation from new and…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will be brief in closing this debate; I am conscious that I spoke at some length when opening this group. First, the point raised by my noble friend Lady Noakes was a…26 Jan 2026