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Pension Schemes Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 February 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Pension Schemes Bill [HL].

I say—gently—to my noble friend that I could not disagree more. I cannot see the risks that she has articulated, given all that I have said about putting the necessary consumer protections in place before anyone makes the first move to launch a commercial dashboard. Having said that, I very much respect her knowledge of the landscape and would be happy to have a conversation with her about the risks that she referred to. But having thought about this in some depth myself, I am satisfied that we will not allow a situation to arise where consumers are confused or put at risk by the multiplicity of dashboards. All the dashboards will show the same information. They will not be allowed to show different information. They may set it out differently, but that does not seem to constitute a risk to the consumer or of confusing the end user.

Subject to those remarks, and despite the lack of clarity around the timing of the matters I referred to, I hope that the assurances I have given are sufficient for noble Lords, and that the noble Baroness feels content to withdraw her amendment on that basis.

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Reference

802 c183GC 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
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