New clause 4 - Self-employed
State Pension Credit Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Mr Ian McCartney (Minister for pensions, Department for Work and Pensions; Makerfield, Labour)
I do not want to interrupt the hon. Gentleman's train of thought. However, before he gets too despairing, it was the Government that set up the Pension Provision Group. We are not afraid of debate, of looking for alternatives or of developing blue-sky policies. The hon. Gentleman would not have had the report if the Government had not established the group.