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Pensions Bill

moved Amendment No. 79: 79: Clause 137, page 71, line 8, after ““to”” insert ““a statutory instrument containing”” The noble Lord said: Finally, my Lords, I will move government Amendment No. 79 and speak to Amendments Nos. 80 to 84. As has been observed, there are a number of regulation-making powers in the Bill. The Government have adopted the recommendations of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on the appropriate resolution for those various powers and, as a consequence, the Bill provides for a variety of procedures for resolution. Some regulations are for affirmative resolution, some for affirmative resolution the first time they are used and some for negative resolution. These amendments are a legal device to confirm that the Secretary of State can, under the affirmative procedures, bring to Parliament a set of regulations under both negative and affirmative resolution. We believe that is particularly important for the regulations under the employer duty. It is impossible to talk about the automatic enrolment process, for example, without also covering opt-outs and refunds. These amendments, therefore, allow us to lay a coherent package of regulations before Parliament, enabling proper scrutiny of the related secondary legislation. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.