Savings (Government Contributions) Bill

I thank the hon. and learned Lady for reading from the impact assessment, but I was asking whethe...

I have to confess that I am a little confused by the hon. Lady’s arguments. Is she saying that be...

No, that is not what I am saying at all. It is important that we address this issue, but we have ...

Before my hon. Friend concludes her speech, might I suggest one further area on which Labour Fron...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point that Labour Front Benchers are considering in detail....

It is a pleasure to speak briefly on Second Reading and to support two schemes that are an excell...

Many of us in the Scottish National party would agree with everything that the hon. Gentleman has...

I am interested in the point that the hon. Gentleman makes, and I will say more about the lifetim...

The hon. Gentleman is making a very powerful application to serve on the Public Bill Committee. G...

I listened to the hon. Gentleman’s intervention earlier, and I would be interested to hear the Mi...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick). I was interested that he ...

Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that what Gordon Brown did when he was Prime Minister—taxing pe...

I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman that that was the beginning of the end for defined ben...

I draw the House’s attention to the fact that we had DWP questions earlier today, and I am sure t...

That was a politic answer. I cannot help but remark that I asked the Secretary of State for Work ...

My hon. Friend is making a really important point about the advantages of pension saving over the...

My hon. Friend is spot on. Those who are already investing large amounts into pension schemes and...

I hesitate to detain the House by repeating much of what was said by my hon. Friend the Member fo...

The Money Advice Service recently found that 21 million families had less than £500 in savings. W...

My hon. Friend has touched on an interesting issue. What she has said reflects one of the observa...

Does the hon. Gentleman not realise that there has been a massive 16% decline in the value of ste...

I entirely agree that overseas earnings are rising. That is why the stock market has increased so...

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should ask his postman how much his holiday will cost him next year. T...

The hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to know that I disagree with him. I hesitate to get into...

The hon. Gentleman has set out three concerns, if I remember rightly, about Help to Save. I wonde...

I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. The Government should look at exactly that. The barri...

It is a pleasure—on this occasion anyway—to follow the hon. Member for North West Hampshire (Kit ...

I thank my fellow Co-operative MP for giving way and apologise for not being able to be in the Ch...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. Many financial services markets around the world are far...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) on his comments, particularly those ab...

I am a little puzzled by my hon. Friend’s use of the statistic that the under-30s have the lowest...

My hon. Friend makes a perfectly reasonable point, but he should bear in mind the fact that opt-o...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that auto-enrolment has been an enormous success, and that one reas...

That is an interesting point. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that auto-enrolment i...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham). I am sure t...

I do not want to start by correcting the hon. Gentleman, but I am pleased to have a savings accou...

That is part and parcel of the mix. However, this Bill is about where we are going in the future....

We have had a number of contributions. The hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) told us about ...

Just to clarify, I said that the proposal risks undermining saving through a pension scheme and w...

I understand that clarification and I will touch on that topic in my speech.

Finally, the h...

Can the hon. Gentleman shed some light on why he thinks the Government would introduce a Bill tha...

The answer to the first question is that I do not know and the answer to the second is yes.