Clause 28 - Supplementary provision relating to
Pensions Bill
10:30 am
Mr Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West, Labour)
I just wanted to raise a further point about consultation. I am not sure whether now is the appropriate moment, but it relates to clause 28 and some worries that have been raised by the trade union, Amicus, about consultation and freezing orders.
As clause 28 will allow the regulator to make freezing or winding-up orders without reference to
anyone, Amicus is concerned that there should be some requirement to consult members of a scheme before an order is made. That might not be a practical position, but that is the issue that the trade union wants to probe. Perhaps the Under-Secretary will comment on the possibility of scheme members being consulted before any major changes—in particular, freezing orders—are made and on consultation more generally as it relates to the Bill.