Pensions Bill

moved Amendment No. 19: 19: Schedule 6, page 67, line 29, leave out paragraph (d) and insert— ““(d) is unfit for office by reason of misconduct,”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, noble Lords will see that the amendment has the support of the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, so I am very hopeful that it will be accepted by the House. In Committee, I raised the question of what the words, ““is guilty of misbehaviour””, meant. That is one of the grounds for removing a chairman or non-executive from office—although, interestingly, not an executive, but we will not pursue that further. I gave various examples which attracted a certain amount of interest outside your Lordships' House, which I shall not repeat today. I then proposed the form of words which the Government proposed in the Statistics and Registration Service Bill, and Amendment No. 19 is a repeat of that amendment. I am delighted that the Minister, who was encouraging in its response in Committee, has joined me in the amendment today. I beg to move.