Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. She is doing a great job here this evening. Does she agree...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I want to make it clear at this stage that my complaint is no...

I compliment my hon. Friend on securing this really important debate. Just to echo her comments, ...

My hon. Friend makes a really important point. I am sure the Minister has heard it and will respo...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her fine speech. Picking up on a point from the previous interve...

My hon. Friend is right, and I will come on to speak about that in a moment.

The guarantee ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Many people in Doncaster share the same con...

I thank my right hon. Friend for her comments. She is absolutely right, and I will come on to tal...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, and I am sure many ex-miners in Coventry—we used to have t...

I thank my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right that a lot of former miners are taking a great int...

My hon. Friend is making a really powerful speech. Does she agree that pensioner miners in areas ...

I thank my hon. Friend for her contribution. I know that her constituency hosts the Durham miners...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. The miners have had to fight every inch of...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The sums of money involved are huge, but for the indivi...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her speech. She is championing miners right across the UK, inclu...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The average pension is just £84 a week, but it is a lot less ...

Of course, the north Staffordshire coalfields were some of the most prosperous and efficient coal...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is just totally unfair. How can £59 for a retired miner an...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. So many people are present to register their...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and that is the purpose of this debate. It is time that a...

My hon. Friend is speaking compellingly, despite the many interruptions. She certainly speaks to ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I know he has championed this issue over many...

I would simply like to say, first, that I hope the hon. Lady gets a review out of this debate, at...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution. I am pleased that we have cross-party support t...

My hon. Friend is completely right and is making a really powerful case on behalf of mineworkers ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am sure that the Minister has heard her question and ...

I speak as a serving miner at one time, who had two broken legs. I wonder about this sometimes wh...

I thank my hon. Friend. As a former miner, he speaks with passion and has done over many decades,...

I thank my hon. Friend, and as the grandson of a coal miner, I know that the speech she is making...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is totally unfair. That is why I ask the Minister to dispe...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) for securing the debate, ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that what is absolutely fundamental is that at the time of privatisatio...

My hon. Friend absolutely hits the nail on the head.

Just to confirm what my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) said, I served on the...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to make that point. What the headline figures that I hav...

Will my hon. Friend remind the Government that we are talking about deferred income earnt by mine...

That is why it is clear that the 50:50 surplus sharing arrangement put in place when the Governme...

I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Ashfield and for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) for ma...

Absolutely, and the Government have made far more money than was ever forecast.

I am grateful to my hon. Friends the Members for Ashfield and for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacoc...

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point from a wealth of experience of campaigning on this i...

May I sincerely congratulate the hon. Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) on securing th...

I understand that the mineworkers’ pension scheme trustees tried to meet the Department before Ch...

I will, but I met the trustees last year. I think that they have done an exceptionally good job, ...

Was a review process written into the 50:50 split when the decision was made? If it was not, woul...

This is a factual point with which I intend to deal shortly. The split has already been reviewed....

The Minister will acknowledge that that review took place quite a few years ago, when the scheme ...

The hon. Lady has made a valid point but, as she has also said, if the scheme had been reviewed a...

Will the Minister give way?

Let me make some progress. [Interruption.]

Order. Some important questions have been asked, and I am sure that Members want to hear the answ...

I am afraid that there is a fundamental fallacy in some of the arguments that have been advanced....

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No, I will not give way. Some important questions have been answered. I think that I was generous...

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Does the hon. Gentleman want answers, or does he want to keep asking questions? Because I love th...

I have listened to what the Minister has said. We argue that the Government have received at leas...

I am sure the hon. Gentleman will be the first to acknowledge—the point has already been made—tha...