Equitable Life (Payments) Bill

I can fully appreciate what the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi) said about the Government's proposals being clearly better than what the previous Government did. Frankly, that is not a very hard test to pass. The real test for us in this Committee is surely not whether what we have from this Government is better than what we had from the previous Government. It clearly is better. Rather, we as a Committee have to see whether it is as good as what is set out in the parliamentary ombudsman's findings and recommendations.