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Proceeding contribution from Nigel Waterson (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 April 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Pensions Bill.


Pensions Bill

I am grateful to the Minister for that helpful response. If that can be done without producing something that is not very useful, then so be it; I think that it would be worth while in any event. Terminal 5 was an instance of a massive project that had lots of clever people and lots of money thrown at it—it even had some 3,000 people brought in as extras, as it were, to try to test the system before it went online—but it still failed on day one, day two, day three and so on, and it was being phased in. I have never managed a project of this size or anything remotely like it—nor, I suspect, has the Minister—but Mr. Jones has, although there has never been a project quite like it. We all need to know about this; again, perhaps it is something that the Select Committee might want to take an interest in. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion and clause, by leave, withdrawn.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
474 c1214 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Conditions of employment Cadets Investment Police Workplace pensions Pensions Public service Means-tested benefits Uprating Personal Accounts Delivery Authority National employment savings trust scheme Pensions Regulator
Legislation
Pensions Bill 2007-08
Link
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