Clause 18
Pensions Bill
2:15 pm
Nigel Waterson (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Eastbourne, Conservative)
I feel quite weak, Mr. Gale, faced with such a large group of amendments and new clauses, but I shall try to rise to the occasion. Unfortunately, I cannot promise to be brief on this group, particularly as it includes clause stand part.
We have now moved on to the next important part of the Bill. It deals with the system for personal accounts. It is worth setting out a few parameters for the debate before I go through the various amendments and new clauses, particularly as it includes clause stand part.
I was interested, as all members of the Committee were, to receive the Minister’s letter of yesterday, which I thought had a hint of nervousness about it, and I shall explain why. Our suspicion has always been that the reaction of Ministers to this set of amendments would be that they were all matters for the next Bill, which will come up next year.