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Pensions Bill

I am slightly at a loss. There seems to be a huge degree of unanimity in the House about what should be happening, but we do not seem to be making any progress. The Minister ended where he began, by saying that the Government would make the change in 2012 or 2015, when it was affordable. As I understand it, he has said nothing new. If he thinks he has said something that we have not heard before, I shall be happy to give way to him so that he can explain to me what it is. The Minister talked of the need for flexibility. That is the point. The Government have insisted on flexibility, for better or worse, but I did not observe any more in what he said tonight than in what he has said before.