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Marconi Pension Fund

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

472 c226-33WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

George Howarth | 472 c226WH (Link to this contribution) What a pleasure it is to have the opportunity to raise this important issue in the debate today. The...

Edward O'Hara | 472 c227WH (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend is quoting Mr. Truell, is he aware of another quotation from him? In Mr. Truell's ...

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Edward O'Hara | 472 c226WH (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend moves on, it is worth noting that the value of the company is £200 million and...

George Howarth | 472 c226WH (Link to this contribution) Typically, my hon. Friend makes a strong point, and it raises a question: why is Pension Corporation...

George Howarth | 472 c227WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has again raised a very pertinent point, and I will cover that issue towards the end ...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c228-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to respond to this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Marshall. M...

Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c227WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate, because it is pertinent to the people who are repres...

George Howarth | 472 c227-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is significant that my hon. Friends the Members for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle), for Knowsley, South (Mr....

Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c229WH (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. and learned Friend will deal with all the issues, but may I say that we are talk...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c229WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right that we are talking about all three. However, we are talking about ...

Edward O'Hara | 472 c229WH (Link to this contribution) To put it simply, does the Minister agree that instead of treating a pension as a trust to protect a...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c229-30WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the concern. Until now, companies have broadly regarded pensions as a trust or, in t...

George Howarth | 472 c230WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend for that assurance. I recognise that the relationship be...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c230WH (Link to this contribution) I will certainly ensure that that is done and that the regulator is also made aware of the concerns ...

George Howarth | 472 c230WH (Link to this contribution) A legitimate vested interest.

Mike O'Brien | 472 c230-1WH (Link to this contribution) A legitimate vested interest. However, there is also a wider interest, because the pension schemes o...

George Howarth | 472 c231WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend has made a point about the need for capital standing behind the scheme to...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c231-3WH (Link to this contribution) Of course, Pension Corporation will have its own view on that. As I have said, because there are som...

George Howarth | 472 c230WH (Link to this contribution) Again, I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend for that assurance. Will he confirm that trade un...

Mike O'Brien | 472 c230WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly recognise, and have valued, the contributions made by the TUC and a number of trade unio...

Subjects

Workplace pensions Pension funds Marconi

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