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Pension Schemes Bill

Proceeding contribution from Nigel Mills (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 September 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Pension Schemes Bill.

Yes. I have not been totally clear. I was alluding to the fact that these schemes will be even harder for trustees. I meant the trustees who try to govern these schemes. If we have a scheme that is giving a clear promise, we can create a set of assumptions. We will

know how much funding we will need on top of our investment returns and longevity predictions. We will at least have some fixed parameters, so we can then define the contributions. If we even vary what we are promising to pay, we would have to take a really educated decision and say, “Shall we vary the promise down from £20,000 to £18,000, put up the contributions or a bit of both? Will it all be all right again in five years?” That will become quite difficult for trustees, and we will then really need the regulator to be able to check that trustees are capable and competent at dealing with shifting sands in these calculations.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
585 c220 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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