Pensions Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out more extensively the four items that we debated during our previous day on Report. What he said in each case was extremely helpful. We will have to think about whether it fully answered our questions. At the moment, my instinct is that it takes us a long way there, but I am still not 100 per cent convinced by what the Minister said. It will be important to read what he said and discuss it with those who are advising us on raising these queries for clarification in your Lordships' House. I say the same thing in relation to the group. What the Minister said sounded entirely plausible at the time that he said it. Whether it will appear as plausible when I sit down in the cold light of day tomorrow morning to read Hansard, I am not entirely sure. On the basis that I would like the opportunity to read what he said and, if necessary, to return to the Minister following discussions with those who have raised this matter with us, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 78TA, as an amendment to Amendment No. 78B, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 78TB to 78W, as amendments to Amendment No. 78B, not moved.]