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Occupational Pensions

I have listened carefully to my hon. Friend’s arguments, but it seems to me that in order to come to the conclusion that he has reached it is necessary that there be some causal link. Let me refer to a response by the ombudsman while giving evidence to my hon. Friend’s Committee. The ombudsman said that the causal argument is not in the report, and that the report does not say that the maladministration that has been talked about in terms of the leaflets caused the financial losses. Therefore, it seems to me that there is a recommendation advocating compensation while there is also an acknowledgement that the Government leaflets that are supposedly the basis for the argument did not cause the losses.