Clause 71 - Special procedure: applicable cases
Pensions Bill
10:45 am
Mr Chris Pond (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions; Gravesham, Labour)
I apologise, Mr. Griffiths; the hon. Gentleman raised those questions and I should have responded to them. There is nothing new in this, but we are setting it out in legislation. OPRA's emergency procedures are already set out, and they are reflected in the Bill. We do not expect there to be a significant number of cases; there are an average of 10 emergency cases per year, according to OPRA's experience.
I hope that the Committee will accept those reassurances.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 71, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 72 ordered to stand part of the Bill.