Pensions Bill

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. As the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) knows, in the context of the Welfare Reform Bill, the Government have been considering how to make sure that it is worth people’s while to go to work. The point of our amendment to the Pensions Bill is to ensure that objective information is provided both about the proportion of people in means testing, which includes pension credit, council tax benefit and housing benefit, and about the returns they are likely to receive, so that people can decide whether it is worth their while to save. Some people could be worse off if they chose a personal account, so it would be irresponsible to advise them to pay into one.