Pensions Bill. Lords Committee stage third day. Clauses 46-47 and 51-53 agreed to. Clause 48-50 and 54 agreed to as amended. New Clauses (Amendments 103E and 106A) agreed to. Part 3 of 3 records.
Pensions Bill
Committee of the Whole House (HL)
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Debate on bills on Monday, 30 June 2008,
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Pensions Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 50-EN also published.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Tunnicliffe | 703 c114-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103E:
103E: After Clause 48, insert the following new Clause—
““Functions of t...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c116 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, tempts me to remind her that the Government—I think under her watch...
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Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 703 c115-6 (Link to this contribution)
I declare an interest as a trustee of the Pensions Advisory Service. Clearly, this provision will ex...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 703 c116 (Link to this contribution)
I take issue with that. The financial assistance scheme had nothing to do with the role of the Pensi...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 703 c116 (Link to this contribution)
I have a sense that I should quit while I am in front. On the relationship between the FSA and the P...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c116 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to the noble Baroness. I am reminded on all sides that it was the Parliamentary Ombudsma...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c117 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that we all agree that employers should be prevented from screening out job applicants acc...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c116-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 104:
104: Clause 49, page 23, line 34, leave out ““statement made or””
The no...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c117 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister. He said that one way would be by a complaint by the interviewee that ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c117-8 (Link to this contribution)
I can imagine that there might be a number of ways. For example, the employer might have trade union...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c118 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 106:
106: Clause 50, page 24, line 25, leave out paragraph (a)
The noble Lord...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c118 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 105A:
105A: Clause 50, page 24, line 20, leave out from first ““The”” to ““may...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c118 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 105:
105: Clause 49, page 24, line 13, leave out from ““section”” to end of li...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c118 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for that addendum. I am glad that the Government do not want to prevent the positive b...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c120 (Link to this contribution)
The last point I certainly readily understand. I congratulate the Minister at this time of night on ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 703 c119 (Link to this contribution)
I said in my remarks that I fully understood subsection (2)(b), which relates to the contravention b...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c119 (Link to this contribution)
I shall certainly try to help the noble Lord. Clause 49 prohibits certain forms of employer behaviou...
Baroness Noakes | 703 c109-10 (Link to this contribution)
I wish to speak to the Question whether Clause 48 should stand part in order to raise questions abou...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c109 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103B:
103B: Transpose Clause 47 to after Clause 57
On Question, amendment agr...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c109 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103C:
103C: Clause 48, page 23, line 29, after ““1”” insert ““(and the safegua...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c109 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103A:
103A: Transpose Clause 46 to after Clause 57
On Question, amendment agr...
Baroness Noakes | 703 c114 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister was very open, but he does not have the answers to the questions. We are bringing to th...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c114 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103D:
Transpose Clause 48 to after Clause 57
On Question, amendment agreed to...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c113 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is right to press me on that matter; but he is also right to say that the question of...
Baroness Noakes | 703 c113-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am disappointed with the approach that the Minister seems to be taking, which is that the regulato...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c110-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving me the opportunity to speak to Clause 48. It provides...
Baroness Noakes | 703 c112 (Link to this contribution)
I shall. Can the Minister explain why the regulator will require every employer to register with it,...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c112-3 (Link to this contribution)
Let me see if I can help the noble Baroness. It is the Pensions Regulator’s job to ensure compliance...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 703 c113 (Link to this contribution)
I listened carefully to what the Minister said about costs. He was pretty clear that the extra costs...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c120-1 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 106A:
106A: After Clause 52, insert the following new Clause—
““Inducements
(1...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c121-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 107 and 108:
107: Clause 54, page 26, line 13, leave out ““a worker’s contra...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 703 c122 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move that the House do now resume.
Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c114 (Link to this contribution)
We get these persistent challenges and a sense of bad faith about how this will all work. We have cl...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 703 c119-20 (Link to this contribution)
There could be a one-off situation, with the recruitment of one employee when the prohibition had be...
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