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Pensions Bill

I thank the Minister for his reply and those who have spoken with varying degrees of sympathy on our amendment. I am bound to say that the more I listened to the Minister’s reply to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, the more sympathetic I became to her amendment and the less persuaded I was by the excuses. The Minister is rather going in for overkill. If it is not practical because of computer problems—and I hear the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale—to do it, that is an end of the matter. The cost issue is neither here nor there if it cannot be done. He cannot have it both ways. He should decide which the answer is.