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Pensions Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 7 October 2008, in the House of Lords.
Pensions Bill. Lords Report stage first day. Part 2 of 2 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

704 c205-26 

Session

2007-08

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Pensions Bill. As amended in Committee.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, makes my task a little easier. I am grateful for that. I a...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c206 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not open to being convinced by the Minister that the amendment is reasonable, and I h...

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Baroness Noakes | 704 c205-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 52: 52: Clause 69, page 37, line 42, leave out subsection (5) The noble Baron...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c225 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble Baroness saying that that judgment arises from her belief that there is not a...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c225-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think the record will show that I said I did not accept that there was a public service ...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 704 c226 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. Moved accordingly, and, on Q...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c222 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I always take the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, very seriously.
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c222 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am flattered that the noble Baroness has taken the little joke about loans on commercial...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c223-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with these amendments we turn to funding, an issue that was debated at length in Committee...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c222 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, more than I do myself, but I thank the noble Baroness. However, although I am flattered th...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c207 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. I should have given him notice that I intended to ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 704 c207-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 53: 53: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause— ““Review of the pens...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c210-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as noble Lords will be aware, we have committed to having a review in 2017 of two of the m...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c210 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her ingenuity. No one is better than her at spotting ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c211 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that and am grateful for my noble friend’s input. I cannot give a commitment ...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 704 c211 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt, I want to make it clear, because I would not wish to embarrass...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c212-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 54: 54: Schedule 1, page 75, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of St...
Lord Skelmersdale | 704 c211-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in a previous existence, a noble friend of mine used the expression ““gobsmacked””. That p...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c213 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for reminding us of the nonse...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c216-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 58: 58: Schedule 1, page 80, line 42, leave out ““and”” and insert— ““( ) any ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c218 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the amendment, because it gives us the chance to try to produce some cla...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c218 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understood that it was work in progress but that the general drift was that there would ...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c220 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is not entirely the satisfactory conclusion that I had hoped I would get to these ame...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c219 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the power would and should be used. I qualify that by saying only that the whole design of...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c220-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 59: 59: Schedule 1, page 81, line 10, leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert— ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c218-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly agree with the second point. As an NDPB, the trustee corporation will be requi...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c219 (Link to this contribution) Again, my Lords, I am talking not about the accounts but about the annual report. The Minister said ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c219 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I have given as clear an assurance as I can that both sets of accounts, whethe...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c213-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, don’t rub it in! I guess my response can be summed up as, ““It’s a fair cop””. I stand chi...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c214 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I repeat what my noble friend Lord Skelmersdale said in relation to the previous amendment...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c216 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 57: 57: Schedule 1, page 80, line 19, after ““employee”” insert ““or other mem...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c216 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, for his support on this and on other recent amendm...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c216 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this seems a pretty basic requirement for good corporate governance in an organisation suc...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c215-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 56: 56: Schedule 1, page 78, line 8, at end insert— ““( ) The trustee corporat...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 704 c215 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, hallelujah! On Question, amendment agreed to.
Baroness Noakes | 704 c215 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, more delight is recorded from these Benches.
Lord Tunnicliffe | 704 c214-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 55: 55: Schedule 1, page 77, line 8, leave out ““four”” and insert ““five”” T...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c224-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pity that we will end our deliberations today on a less happy note than we have ac...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 704 c216 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords may recall that in Committee we discussed the arrangements for the trustee cor...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 704 c208-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, because he has given me an opport...
Baroness Noakes | 704 c219 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister said that, when considering the information that would be included in the ann...

Notes

Includes debate on the proposed Trustee Corporation (clause 57 and schedule 1) whose name is to be determined at a later date.

Legislation

Pensions Bill 2007-08
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