Pensions Bill

For the avoidance of doubt, I think the hon. Gentleman will find that the record shows that I did...

Of course Hansard will tell this story, but it was a short quote and I think I managed to get it ...

I have been listening to my hon. Friend and to the Minister, and I was alarmed by the Minister’s ...

As usual, my hon. Friend makes a pertinent intervention.

There is an issue to address and t...

I sense that the hon. Gentleman is concluding. The amendment is flawed in a number of respects. F...

The Opposition’s view is clear: the issue of job insecurity, of short-hours working and of zero-h...

Having been with this Bill from the outset, I remain disappointed, given the answers that the Min...

Let me respond briefly to the debate. On the issue about the typical number of hours worked by so...

Of course the Minister will be more than aware that averages can hide a multitude of sins; I am s...

Yes, I do. The point is that 20 hours on a minimum wage would get someone above the lower earning...

I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 2.

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments 3, 12, 13 and 19 to 27.

Following that brief moment of disagreement with their lordships, I am pleased to say that we enc...

I do not intend to detain the House too long on this group. On Lords amendment 2, I welcome the G...

My hon. Friend is making excellent points, and I thank him for his efforts to prosecute the case....

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and for his work on the issue. As he knows, we tabled...

I, too, will not detain the House for long, but there are a few points that I wish to place on re...

I am grateful to both hon. Gentlemen who have spoken for their constructive responses. The amendm...

I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 4.

With this we may consider Lords amendments 5 to 8, 9 and amendment (a) thereto, 10, 11, 14 to 18 ...

We move to the final group of amendments and, as I mentioned earlier, we urge the House to agree ...

I know the Minister believes that God is a Liberal, but does he really have to be so pious?

I usually sound grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his interventions, but I am not sure I am for ...

On the charges that will be outlined later and the requirement for them to be disclosed, how does...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend who, as chair of the all-party group on pensions, has great knowl...

I rise to speak to amendment (a), but let me start with Lords amendment 4. In Committee, the Oppo...

I agree that the Government had better make sure that the schemes are value for money. Why, there...

The Minister made that point in his speech, as he has done repeatedly, and he has now put it on t...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am always delighted to hear from the hon. Gentleman, but I must make progress.

It is wort...

Is not the key point that is under discussion whether the list of charges to be covered should be...

The answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question is that nobody who looks at this matter reasonably ca...

I will respond briefly to the hon. Gentleman. However, I suspect that he decided to press for a v...

Will the Minister confirm that the Government’s amendment states only that

“some or all of ...

The text of Lords amendment 9 is before the House. The whole point is that we want all sorts of p...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. Has he spoken to the FCA and asked what its view is ...

The hon. Gentleman will know that the FCA is regulated by Ministers from the Treasury, rather tha...