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Pensions Bill

Proceeding contribution from David Mowat (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 June 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Pensions Bill.

I am told that the figure is £44 billion: a lot of money. It behoves us—it behoved the last Government, as well—to ensure that that money is spent effectively in a targeted way. My concern is that that money is part of the reason why the charge rates in our market are higher than in other countries and that effectively, our tax relief, whether £30 billion or £44 billion, is going into property prices in Kensington and Chelsea and not into people’s annuities and pension value.

Before I sit down, I want to reiterate that auto-enrolment, which I have been going on about for the past couple of years, has made it even more important for us to fix the situation. The industry cannot be left to play it long and hope that we take a long time to do something about the abuses.

9.24 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
564 c715 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Pensions Bill 2013-14
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