Pension Schemes Bill [HL]

This is a rather technical amendment in many ways. I declare my interest as the president of the ...

I have added my name to this amendment. I support my noble friend and echo his request to the Min...

My Lords, we have some difficulty with this amendment. We are more than happy to put it on the ag...

I echo that praise for the Pension Protection Fund. It has been a marvellous success story and ha...

My Lords, let me begin by thanking the noble Lords, Lord Balfe and Lord Sharkey, and the noble Ba...

I thank noble Lords for this short, but interesting, debate. An interesting part of my role is th...

The point the noble Lord makes about public sector funds is right, but in trying to make comparis...

Perhaps I mix with rather affluent members of the medical profession. I had a session recently wi...

Moved by

Baroness Stedman-Scott

81: Clause 128, page 120, line 33, after “sections” i...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

82: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, it will not take us long to deal with this amendment. When it was conceived as an amend...

My Lords, I see that on the website of an organisation called This is Money, published on 20 Janu...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young, has done the job for me, but broadly speaking, I support th...

I look forward to hearing from my noble friend the Minister on this, but I confess that I have a ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to this amendment tabled by the noble Lord...

I think I am right in saying that the argument for not proceeding was that there was no consensus...

The best answer I can give is that I will find out and write to the noble Baroness, because I do ...

I thank the Minister for her response on this matter and noble Lords who have spoken in favour of...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

83: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 83, which sets a deadline for a review and is essentially probi...

My Lords, Amendment 86 is in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Altmann and Lady Jan...

My Lords, I too have signed both amendments which, as has been said, relate to the current situat...

My Lords, I support Amendments 83 and 86. Noble Lords have already explained the problems in grea...

My Lords, this issue has been rumbling around for far too long and it is time to try to get a sol...

My Lords, the amendment from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe would commit the Secretary of Sta...

I take my noble friend’s point on the specific proposals in Amendment 86 in the name of the noble...

I just want to amplify the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. Those of us who have b...

My Lords, my answer to my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has to be exactly the sam...

The Minister said that these two reviews will be reported in the Budget. Is he talking about the ...

The reviews are under way. They have not yet been concluded, but the conclusions will be announce...

My Lords, we have had a good debate and I think we have made it very clear that action is urgentl...

Moved by

Lord Warner

86: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause—

“Na...

I wish to respond to the Minister before I withdraw my amendment.

Once the noble Lord has spoken, the question has to be put.

I thought that I am allowed to say whether I am withdrawing the amendment.

It has not yet technically been moved, and you are now moving it. Perhaps I should clarify for th...

Can the noble Lord move the amendment?

Yes, he must move it, because he has started to speak to it.

I beg to move Amendment 86. In response to the Minister, I think we will need to have some kind o...

If no member of the Committee wishes to respond, the noble Lord may withdraw the amendment.

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

I am sorry about the schoolmistressy lesson on the subject.

Moved by

Baroness Janke

87: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, I have three amendments in this group. Amendments 87 and 88 relate to auto-enrolment to...

My Lords, Amendment 95 in this group is in my name. It seeks to press the Minister to make three ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 90 and 91, which carry further the spirit of Amendment 96, ...

My Lords, I want to ask a few questions on the back of that. I thank my noble friend Lady Drake a...

My Lords, the amendments tabled in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Janke and Lady Drake, ...

I want to take the first opportunity to come back on this because I am conscious that a lot of pe...

I hope that the noble Baroness will not go away with that impression. We are aware that there is ...

I will follow up a couple of questions that I asked the Minister: one was about mini-jobs, and I ...

I understand from officials in the Ministry of Justice that there has been a relatively small num...

I thank the Minister for his assurances and for the information he gave. I am sure that the Gover...

My Lords, I understand that Amendment 89 has already been debated even though it did not appear o...

Moved by

Baroness Altmann

93: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, noble Lords will understand that I believe that this amendment is vital to the ongoing ...

My Lords, I signed this amendment and I do not think there is a great deal to add to what the nob...

My Lords, I, too, support this amendment. We should congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Altmann for her amendment. I am well aware that s...

I thank my noble friend for his response. I welcomed, very much, the commitment in the manifesto ...

I heard the Minister’s reply, which seemed a recipe for no action—not this year or next. Given al...

I promise that nothing I said was intended as a recipe for no action. The problems that my noble ...

Moved by

Baroness Altmann

94: After Clause 128, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, perhaps I should apologise for taking the Committee’s time on issues that I feel have a...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment because the circumstances that have been outline...

I thank my noble friend Lady Altmann for tabling this amendment and congratulate her on her tenac...

I thank my noble friend for her response, but I confess to being extremely disappointed with the ...

Moved by

Baroness Stedman-Scott

98: Schedule 11, page 186, line 16, at end insert—