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Pensions Bill

Like others, I think this is a useful amendment, simply for its clarification. The Government intend only that employers will be a conduit for information, not providers of it. That is a useful distinction to draw. I have not worked the implications through, but we were quite glad to have the ““in good faith”” clause in at various points of the 2004 Bill. I wonder whether that could apply to an employer who provides information in good faith in compliance with any regulations issued. I say that because one thinks about some of the problems we have had of alleged misunderstanding or leaflets allegedly going astray. ““In good faith”” then becomes a reasonable defence. I was told on one occasion that it would be a reasonable defence even though it is not in the Bill, but it might give appropriate additional comfort if it were there.