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Pensions Bill

I am well aware of the reports that the Government publish around the pensions arena, including those that the Minister mentioned. Although I did not say so, I was trying to get at whether the ongoing evaluation of personal accounts, and indeed the new pensions regime, would automatically be included in those reports. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, for his minor quibble that reporting every year, as proposed in my amendment, would be a bit too frequent. I accept that, but I will read carefully what the Minister said on the existing reports in the pensions arena. I also note that the Minister will monitor and evaluate the report on the consultation, to be published later this year. Is it the Government’s intention to publish it before we finish proceedings on the Bill?