Proceeding contribution from James Purnell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 December 2006. It occurred during Estimates day on Occupational Pensions.
Occupational Pensions
It is not unprecedented for a Government to reject findings of maladministration. The previous Conservative Government did precisely that. In that case, the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry said:"““I want to make it clear that the Government do not accept the Parliamentary Commissioner’s main findings””.—[Official Report, 19 December 1989; Vol. 164, c. 203.]" The question that we should be asking today is not whether people have suffered—we realise that they have suffered, which is exactly why we put in place the financial assistance scheme—but what is the proportionate response?
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- 454 c543-4
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- 2006-07
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- Workplace pensions Pensions Ombudsman Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Health Service Commissioner
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