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Pension Schemes Bill

Proceeding contribution from Crispin Blunt (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 November 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Pension Schemes Bill.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is the market in which Just Retirement and Partnership, as two smaller companies, identified the need for better, value-for-money products for individuals such as smokers and others with more limited life expectancy so that they could get greater annuity rates. They tried to promote those products in the market, but their problem was inertia in the market. People simply did not evaluate the options open to them and simply rolled over their pension pot provision in order to get an annuity from their existing provider, without looking at what was available in the rest of the market. What we are trying to do with the guidance—this is why I wholeheartedly

support the reforms—is make sure that we create a much more active, liberal market whereby people are aware that they have choices to exercise and are able get the information in order to do so in an informed way.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
588 c824 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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