Clause 12 - Annual reports to Secretary of State
Pensions Bill
4:15 pm
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne, Conservative)
Indeed, if there is a sufficiently good package, I might even apply.
We want to see how the system works in practice, our constituents will want to see, and the people out there who have to make it work in the industry will also need to see that. An annual report is an excellent idea, but I urge the Minister to make it a report to Parliament, rather than the Secretary of State, and to ensure—and at least to indicate—that in the early years there is a full debate on it at some point so that we can all see how it is developing and whether it is developing as we predicted in Committee. I am sure that hon. Members would be clamouring to speak in such a debate.
My amendments did not pass the test, but I have made my points.