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Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Guy Opperman (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 October 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Pension Schemes Bill [Lords].

Let me try to clarify the legitimate point raised by the hon. Gentleman and also the flipside in terms of the argument by my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Gareth Davies). The Department for Work and Pensions has driven pension trustees forward to embrace ESG and the path of net zero, and asset managers have been lagging behind. I want to put on record the good work done by the FCA, which I accept has been criticised legitimately in the past. Only last week, Chris Woolard and his team specifically issued guidance that accelerates the asset managers to put them on a parallel path to the pension trustees so that we basically ensure that the original investor, and then the actual manager of the money, are working off the same hymn sheet.

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Reference

681 c940 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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