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Pensions Bill

I am grateful to the Minister for sending me a grid of government amendments, some of which, like these two, are purely about drafting. As the Committee will know, one of my interests is drafting, so I have looked at these with particular care. The Minister need not look so shocked. When I first read the Bill, I noticed that it was littered with references to ““jobholder””, ““employee”” and ““worker””. I found in Clause 1, for example, that I simply could not distinguish between ““employee”” and ““worker””. I am glad that, on reflection, the draftsman could not either. There are still references to ““employee”” in Clause 55, but no longer to ““worker”” in Clause 77. And what about Clauses 78 to 85? Rather than make a meal of it and put down endless amendments, I ask the Minister to have the rest of the Bill looked at again, now that a ““jobholder”” is purely a worker for the purposes of Part 1, to see if other simplifications can be made elsewhere to tidy up any confusion that may remain.