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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 22 April 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Mike O'Brien. The answering member was Nigel Waterson.

Pensions Bill

Pensions Bill. Report stage. New Clause 12 negatived on division (290 votes to 173). New Clause 16 negatived on division (269 votes to 195). Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
474 c1190-284 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Legislative stage
Third reading
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Pensions Bill. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2008-1157
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2008-1156
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution) I would give a comprehensive answer to the hon. Gentleman, but that would take an awfully long time....
Mike Penning | 474 c1223 (Link to this contribution) I promise not to delay the House for too long. I support new clause 2. I was fascinated to hear the ...
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Paul Rowen | 474 c1221-2 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman; I am a member of the Public Administration Committee, which has cha...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1220-1 (Link to this contribution) I am giving a broad figure. At the same time, only 53 per cent. of pensioners who are eligible for c...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1220 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) that means-testing is a vital issue. We n...
Anne Main | 474 c1220 (Link to this contribution) They have risen by 147 per cent. in St Albans.
Julie Kirkbride | 474 c1219 (Link to this contribution) I agree with what my hon. Friend is saying. Presumably, in looking at the flowcharts and projections...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1219-20 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. For the time being at least, the Government are committed to inc...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1218-9 (Link to this contribution) That is an important issue that we need to guard against. Furthermore, it is clear from the work car...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1215-6 (Link to this contribution) On the face of it, new clause 2 looks fairly straightforward and inoffensive. It merely says that th...
Julie Kirkbride | 474 c1216 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that my hon. Friend has put on record the fact that our party was the first to talk about ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1216-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes a fair point. Almost by definition, the 6 million, 7 mill...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1218 (Link to this contribution) I am not trying to tempt the hon. Gentleman on to some rather difficult rocks here, but is it not po...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1214 (Link to this contribution) Given that I am not able to deliver exactly what the hon. Gentleman is asking for but am anxious to ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1214 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that helpful response. If that can be done without producing somet...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1214 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Speaker | 474 c1215 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 38, in clause 3, page 2, line 37, at end in...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1214 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I assume that it follows that the £21 million that was allocated in t...
John Butterfill | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) Sort of, but my question is: when will we know that we have reached that point? What is the trigger ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1209-12 (Link to this contribution) There will be an overlap. There will not be a sudden cut-off of PADA and then creation of the Person...
John Butterfill | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) While we are on the subject of costs, may I ask about the transition from PADA to the trustee body, ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is asking at what point we will make the transition from PADA to the Personal ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1212-3 (Link to this contribution) I am not minded to press the new clause to a vote, but that does not mean to say that I am wholly sa...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1213 (Link to this contribution) The costs that are being incurred are those that were envisaged under the Pensions Act 2007 in terms...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) Yes, just once more, and then I will make progress.
John Penrose | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I suppose that the bottom line is that everyone will want reassurance that the Minister has not seen...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1209 (Link to this contribution) No, I have not seen anything that has led me to think that the charging levels are not achievable. I...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1205-7 (Link to this contribution) Some of the issues under discussion are complex and important, so I am afraid that it will take me s...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1207 (Link to this contribution) I very much appreciate the points that my hon. Friend the Minister is making, but they leave me with...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1207-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not know quite where my hon. Friend got the date of 1 April from, but 2012 has always been the ...
Mark Durkan | 474 c1208 (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend is right to say that it would be wrong to introduce the changes in a big ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1208 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has concerns about those few schemes, involving a limited number of peopl...
John Penrose | 474 c1208 (Link to this contribution) I understand what the Minister has said about commercial confidentiality preventing him from saying ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1208-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right that there are time scales, and it looks as though they can delivered on...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I was about to come to the distinction between grants and loans. There is only one area in which a g...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that intervention and his point is right. We are setting up a whol...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1223-4 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the way in which the Front-Bench spokesmen for the Opposition parties, and, indeed, all ho...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1225 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman about restoring the earnings link in due course, and I wil...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1224-5 (Link to this contribution) I accept the point that the Minister makes, but does he agree that one sure way around that problem ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1225 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes some interesting points, and I will address them in a moment or two.
Mike Penning | 474 c1225 (Link to this contribution) The point that I was trying to make earlier is that we must give our best shot at predicting what wi...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1225 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, especially about trying to ensure that we have a state system that provides...
Lynne Jones | 474 c1225 (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend mentioned providing an unfair advantage, but it is an important principle...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1226-7 (Link to this contribution) I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. The issues of savings incentives, disregards and trivial commut...
John Butterfill | 474 c1226 (Link to this contribution) I accept that the scheme cannot compete unfairly with providers in the private sector or companies' ...
Speaker | 474 c1190 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government new clause 18—Armed forces. G...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1190 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1191 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that the existing system for members of the armed forces would deliver a p...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1190-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to join hon. Members to debate the Bill on Report. The Bill has been marked by a co...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1201-2 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has put his finger on the nub of the problem. It would be extremely unfair on a...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1204 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree, therefore, that the PADA consultation document about the possible dif...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1204 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely, but I have a problem with the provision for repayment within five years, when peop...
John Penrose | 474 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that it might be appropriate to allow grants or loans to be made, but those ...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1204 (Link to this contribution) I agree. It is important that the Minister answers the point about cost overrun and addresses how it...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1202-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am delighted to see that she is present today following her s...
Julie Kirkbride | 474 c1202 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, I served on the Public Bill Committee, and I have also been present today, ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1204 (Link to this contribution) Presumably the hon. Gentleman accepts the principle that loans should be repayable over an agreed pe...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1203-4 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to members of the Public Bill Committee—some of them are present—such as the Minister ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1195 (Link to this contribution) The court would then have to determine what it was able to do, under the provisions relating to vari...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1199-200 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to commend to the House new clause 1 and the associated new clauses and amend...
Speaker | 474 c1198-9 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 3— Costs incurred by Pensions ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1198 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1196-7 (Link to this contribution) I am getting nods from those who have served in the armed forces and are better informed. However, I...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1196 (Link to this contribution) First, to respond to the point that the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) made, the level of...
Mike Penning | 474 c1196 (Link to this contribution) I should like to delay the House briefly to comment on what the Minister said. I understand that he ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1195-6 (Link to this contribution) I begin by echoing the Minister's opening remarks. I thank all members of the Committee—some of whom...
Lord Redwood | 474 c1201 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend a little worried that if a Conservative Government were not elected until May 2010...
John Penrose | 474 c1193 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply. I suppose that the underlying concern behind my question is tha...
Mike Penning | 474 c1194 (Link to this contribution) May I take the Minister back a few moments, to when we were discussing the armed forces? I fully app...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1193 (Link to this contribution) Early in the consideration of the Bill I picked up some concerns from employers about the complexity...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1194 (Link to this contribution) To some extent, but it would not affect the sort of situation that the hon. Gentleman identifies wit...
Mike Penning | 474 c1194 (Link to this contribution) The point that I was trying to make is that there are tiny amounts frozen within the armed forces sc...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1194 (Link to this contribution) I will give way, although I am anxious to make some progress.
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1194 (Link to this contribution) I have a considerable degree of sympathy with that point. As part of the process of developing a con...
Lord Redwood | 474 c1195 (Link to this contribution) If the Crown were found by a court to have behaved unlawfully under new clause 17, what redress and ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) There is no plan for any change. I hesitate only for this reason: I have been in discussions with th...
John Butterfill | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. and learned Gentleman confirm that, as far as death-in-service benefits are concerned,...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1191-2 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, how much someone gets depends on the length of time for which they contribute and the pot...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) to pause a moment? The hon. Member fo...
John Penrose | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) I have a question on a separate issue, although it is related to the points that the hon. and learne...
John Butterfill | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) I was thinking of each of the categories, including service personnel. Will there be no change?
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1192 (Link to this contribution) There will not be change as part of these provisions in the Bill. Such issues would be dealt with se...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1230-3 (Link to this contribution) This is another group of amendments that is rather like one of those cars that can be bought at cert...
Speaker | 474 c1229-30 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 29, in clause 3, page 2, li...
Mike Penning | 474 c1234 (Link to this contribution) May I say what a brilliant speech my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) made? That...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1233-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief, as the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) has covered most of the relevant ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1227-8 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I have given way rather a lot and have been on my feet for a ...
John Penrose | 474 c1228 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister, and I apologise for chuntering at him. The reason why I was muttering was that...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1228 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, but I am not sure that there is a great deal of diff...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1229 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has rightly surmised that I do not intend to press new clause 2 to a vote. I want to s...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1229 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1241 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1241 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his summing up, particularly his helpful summary of amendment No. ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1237 (Link to this contribution) Opposition Members have tabled a number of amendments for today's debate and I fully understand the ...
Mike Penning | 474 c1236-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend touched on an enormously important point when he used a simple analogy to explain the...
John Penrose | 474 c1237 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend anticipates the point that I was coming to. There is an argument that because persona...
Mike Penning | 474 c1234-5 (Link to this contribution) I notice that the Minister is nodding, so perhaps I have said something that we agree on. That is un...
John Penrose | 474 c1235-6 (Link to this contribution) I want to join the consensus among Members on both sides of the House about the critical importance ...
Mike Penning | 474 c1281-4 (Link to this contribution) It is an adage that if you sit here long enough, you will get your time. I am about to get more time...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1280-1 (Link to this contribution) I join with the Secretary of State in thanking the Minister for Pensions Reform; I thank him for the...
Lord Grayling | 474 c1278-80 (Link to this contribution) I echo the thanks and congratulations that have been extended to all who have been involved in the B...
Danny Alexander | 474 c1261-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) outlined a number of issues. Although the subject was ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1265 (Link to this contribution) It should be a matter for the trustees of the pension scheme to examine the various options that the...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1265 (Link to this contribution) The Minister once again misinterprets the UN principles. They are a toolkit—that is, a set of values...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1262-5 (Link to this contribution) I hear the points made by both Opposition spokesmen. It is important that we give full and fair cons...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1265 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Minister is misinterpreting our position, which is that there has to be a choice. W...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1266 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the hon. Gentleman for suggesting that he might have liberal inclinations on anything...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1265-6 (Link to this contribution) I accept that; it is why I was able to write to Tim Jones and ask him whether he would accept that t...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1266-7 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry for suggesting that the hon. Gentleman might be trying to appeal to such people, but the ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1256-7 (Link to this contribution) It may be in the statute, in which case I am delighted, but my understanding is that there is still ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1257 (Link to this contribution) The Government have a clear commitment to the policy that I have set out. There is no ““get out of j...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1257 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to reopen old wounds, but had we won the last election we would already be implementin...
Lynne Jones | 474 c1257 (Link to this contribution) According to my recollection of the Turner proposals, Lord Turner presented three scenarios, 2010, 2...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1257-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right to remind me that there was a series of different scenarios. Indeed, someone—...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1258 (Link to this contribution) If I may, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would very much like to have the opportunity to explain whether I sh...
Speaker | 474 c1258 (Link to this contribution) Now is not the appropriate time to do that; we have dealt with the lead new clause in the current gr...
Speaker | 474 c1259 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 25, in clause 70, page 34, ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1259-61 (Link to this contribution) We now have a complete change of topic. New clause 12 arises from a good debate we had in Committee ...
Mike Penning | 474 c1276 (Link to this contribution) One group of people who were not living in a fool's paradise consisted of the 125,000 pensioners who...
James Purnell | 474 c1277 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give the hon. Gentleman both the assurances that he seeks. The first was given at oral...
David Drew | 474 c1277 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will not be surprised to hear that I am going to raise a point about new clau...
James Purnell | 474 c1277 (Link to this contribution) I can assure my hon. Friend that we are looking into that, and I believe it was mentioned earlier in...
James Purnell | 474 c1275-6 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I say that with a certain amount of déjà v...
James Purnell | 474 c1277 (Link to this contribution) I will give way one final time, but I want to make some progress.
Mike Penning | 474 c1277 (Link to this contribution) I have been in my place since prayers to ask this question, so I hope that the Secretary of State wi...
James Purnell | 474 c1277-8 (Link to this contribution) I believe that we have addressed that issue: those people will be taxed in exactly the same way as i...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1251-3 (Link to this contribution) In 1997, we inherited a system that worked against the needy, leaving millions in abject poverty. Ma...
Mike Penning | 474 c1251 (Link to this contribution) As a humble Back Bencher with not much experience in this House, I will bow to the hon. Gentleman's ...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has been a Member long enough to know that what happens in the Budget and, for that m...
Baroness Hoey | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) I understand what the Minister is saying, but referring to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Me...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) Just a moment; let me deal with my hon. Friend's question. The Chancellor has to make a judgment abo...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) Although the national insurance fund gets money in, it would not be sufficient to deal with the part...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister tell me why, if the national insurance fund is in surplus, there is a problem with...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1251 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the hon. Gentleman not to provoke the Whips Office? There is absolutely no need to do so....
John McDonnell | 474 c1250 (Link to this contribution) I am indeed attracted to that idea, because I suggested it in the Budget debate last year and the ye...
Mike Penning | 474 c1250-1 (Link to this contribution) I want to talk briefly about what the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) mentione...
Kelvin Hopkins | 474 c1248 (Link to this contribution) I, too, rise to support my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Jim Cousins), wh...
Baroness Hoey | 474 c1247-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall be very brief, because I have lost my voice, but I wanted to add my support to new clause 16...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1247 (Link to this contribution) It is better than the alternative. We are a fairly low form of life, and the accusation is often ma...
David Leslie Taylor | 474 c1250 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend congratulated our hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Jim Cousin...
John McDonnell | 474 c1249-50 (Link to this contribution) I rise only because my hon. Friends have been so moderate in their language. I want to get on the re...
Kelvin Hopkins | 474 c1248-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, but I would go further. I do not agree with means-testing as part of the pe...
Lynne Jones | 474 c1248 (Link to this contribution) In response to my earlier intervention, the Minister said that if the earnings link was not restored...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1256 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that clarification. I now need further clarification, on affordability. If, in 201...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1255-6 (Link to this contribution) My apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker. We are putting in place the biggest package of pension reforms un...
Speaker | 474 c1255 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand that it is very tempting for the Minister to speak to Members, but let me gently...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1256 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is seeking a change in the date, he is right to say that I have not announced ...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1256 (Link to this contribution) I am slightly at a loss. There seems to be a huge degree of unanimity in the House about what should...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1255 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows well, we made additional provision for pensioners in the recent Budget in th...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1254-5 (Link to this contribution) The additional cost of earnings uprating of the basic state pension from 2010 in 2007-08 prices is a...
John McDonnell | 474 c1254 (Link to this contribution) We are still trying to tease out the Government's thinking on why they will not move on this measure...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1254 (Link to this contribution) I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), and then I propos...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1254 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend is aware, we have made the provision of help for older people a key part of our ex...
David Drew | 474 c1254 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way. We all heard the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for No...
Paul Rowen | 474 c1244-5 (Link to this contribution) 1 August this year represents the centenary of the introduction of the state pension. I can think of...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1244 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend says, one would have to be cynical to take that view. I could not possibly comment...
Jim Cousins | 474 c1245-7 (Link to this contribution) Let me begin by saying that nothing is more glorious to God than a sinner that repents, even if, as ...
David Drew | 474 c1243 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for being so generous. Given that the Conservatives made such a commitmen...
Speaker | 474 c1243 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind hon. Members that we are discussing new clause 7.
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1243-4 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted by all this close interest in our next election manifesto. When the time comes, the h...
John Butterfill | 474 c1244 (Link to this contribution) If one were feeling very cynical, one might think that the link with earnings, as opposed to prices,...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1242 (Link to this contribution) We come to one of those totemic pensions issues. Whatever audience I am speaking to in whatever part...
Baroness Hoey | 474 c1243 (Link to this contribution) It is always good to hear politicians admit that they were wrong, and the Conservative party has adm...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1243 (Link to this contribution) We are, of course, not committed to restoring it immediately, because we are currently in opposition...
Speaker | 474 c1241 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 16—Earnings link— ‘The Secret...
Mike Penning | 474 c1221 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's comments highlight a crucial point about all future pensions. It is to do with ...
John Butterfill | 474 c1222-3 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that I have supported the Bill in principle from its outset, but he will also...
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1259 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Nigel Waterson | 474 c1267 (Link to this contribution) I am amazed at how tetchy the Minister has been. He talks about Guardian readers; there was a time w...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1253 (Link to this contribution) I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew), and then I must make some progress.
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1237-41 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether we will be able to debate that new clause, given the issues before us, but I a...
Mike O'Brien | 474 c1205 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. I would also add that because of the nature of personal accounts PADA w...
Lynne Jones | 474 c1255 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. and learned Friend that the Government have done a great deal for today's pensi...
Mark Hendrick | 474 c1237 (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend speaks of more people contributing—often people from very poor background...
Subjects
Conditions of employment Cadets Investment Police Workplace pensions Pensions Public service Means-tested benefits Uprating Personal Accounts Delivery Authority National employment savings trust scheme Pensions Regulator
Legislation
Pensions Bill 2007-08
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