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Pensions Bill

Before the noble Lord formally withdraws the amendment, perhaps I may pick up on a couple of points he has raised with me. He has described the policy as a see-saw. It has been very important to construct consensus and balance around this. I would describe it as being an equilibrium, and that is where we are. In our deliberations we need to be mindful of the consensus, which has been hard fought for and hard won, and I am sure it will be uppermost in our minds. The noble Lord asked me where in legislation are the provisions to deal with regulations on pension schemes. I understand they are in the disclosure of information regulations of 1996. Specifically on agency workers, I was referring to Clause 78 of the Bill, where, for the avoidance of doubt, there is a provision to identify who the relevant person is. That person is clearly specified as the person who is responsible for paying the agency worker in respect of the work. It is to avoid some of the confusion that arises in these arrangements that these specific provisions are there.