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HANSARDPension 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 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will be pretty brief in closing. Across this group, the common theme is not opposition to the direction of travel—I give further reassurance to the Minister on this…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, supported by my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott, I am glad to be leading off in another group of amendments, largely designed to probe the Government and clarify their…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, this is a busy group and I shall not detain the Committee by speaking to all the amendments therein, but I do want to welcome the amendments that have been tabled by…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI have a couple of points to raise. The Minister mentioned that the reserved power was designed to be a signal, and I would argue that it is a pretty strong signal to put in the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott and I have only one amendment in this group: Amendment 109, which would remove the Government’s broad mandation power. That has been…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will conclude fairly briefly. I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and the Minister for her reply. I thank in particular the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, my…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I shall address each amendment in this group briefly in turn to provide some of the context and rationale for why we have introduced them. First, Amendments 84 and 85…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will be brief in closing as I suspect that the Committee is keen to get on to the next group. Across this group, with the focus on scale—looking at both the merits and…22 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill22 Jan 2026HANSARDParental Leave and Pay ReviewMy Lords, it is anticipated that there will be a chilling factor, with businesses thinking twice about hiring mothers-to-be and fathers-to-be if there are parental rights from day…20 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, we understand that these amendments are doing something that is really quite straightforward and, in our view, sensible. The amendments in the name of the noble…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Committee for the discussion on this group, which goes to the heart of how Clause 10 is intended to operate in practice. I have a few closing…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, we come to another busy group, in which the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, and I have amendments. I will speak only to our amendments so that other noble Lords have…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, for their amendments in this group. I also thank other noble Lords for all their other…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes Bill19 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the Minister for his remarks and explanations. I will look carefully at his replies in Hansard , given the technical nature of the debate—in fact, I think it is fair to…14 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am grateful to the Minister for his response and for answering the questions that I posed—I think there were only one or two, but, again, I will check Hansard for my questions…14 Jan 2026