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Pensions Bill

I am grateful. I should say to the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, that I am extremely grateful for his contribution. It was no part of my intention to fall out with him, with the present trustees or with the chairman. I went out of my way, I hope, in my opening remarks to pay tribute particularly to the chairman. What my noble friend and I have been saying on the individual case is exactly the initial position of the trustees themselves. We are not concerned about individuals; we are concerned about the structure and about Parliament setting down regulations, rules and restrictions that apply to everyone else but, when it comes to its own scheme, saying that that would be going far too far. The answer to whether it was 1993, 1983 or 1973 is that the whole thing has moved on and we are getting into a much more modern and sensible pension structure. That is why the scheme should be looked at. I am grateful for the manner in which the Minister has replied. My colleagues and I shall certainly take up the offer that he has made that, perhaps simultaneously, we should talk to the Leader of the House and, through his good offices, to Ministers on a way forward. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clauses 112 to 114 agreed to.