Pension Schemes Bill

My Lords, a large number of government amendments have been tabled for today’s business. The impr...

My Lords, I can absolutely confirm that these are minor and technical amendments.

Moved by

Lord Bradley

30: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—

“Gu...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 30. At the start of our deliberations, it is worth reminding th...

My Lords, I find myself in sympathy with the spirit of the amendment but, I am afraid to say, the...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bradley, for the way in which he moved the amendm...

My Lords, can the Minister help me on two points which arise from the Pension Wise document we go...

It is difficult to give a precise answer to the noble Lord’s first question, about maturity. The ...

My Lords, perhaps I could follow the point that my noble friend and the noble Lord opposite have ...

My Lords, we are keen to make sure that by the time people have been through the guidance process...

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply, particularly when he said that the Treasury wou...

Moved by

Lord Bradley

30A: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—

“P...

My Lords, the two amendments in this group are intended to ensure that the effects of the pension...

My Lords, there has been a great deal of rhetoric surrounding this Bill. Some of the claims for t...

I will speak in favour of my noble friend’s amendment and address two points. The first is the po...

My Lords, the two amendments in this group would require the Government to publish two reviews of...

I am grateful to the Minister and thank him for his explanation of the figures. I want to be abso...

My Lords, I believe absolutely that they have. If I am wrong in that, obviously I will write to t...

My Lords, is the Minister saying that the information will be available to departments but that t...

My Lords, I was saying that the Government have made an assessment of behavioural changes and the...

My Lords, presumably that information will be subject to freedom of information requests.

That, my Lords, is an extremely interesting question to which I do not know the answer.

In that case, my Lords, the Minister is saying that we are being given the assumptions that go in...

I am saying that in a whole raft of areas, no doubt under successive Governments, the Treasury ha...

I wonder whether the Minister can help me. It seems to me that there is potentially a difference ...

My Lords, I was simply saying that my understanding is that it is a long-standing convention rega...

I promise not to delay the Committee any longer. However, I would just refer to the point about w...

My Lords, one thing I have not responded adequately to—and I am not sure whether what I am going ...

I again thank the Minister for his detailed response. In relation to buying out annuities, the Mi...