Pensions Bill
10:30 am
Nigel Waterson (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Eastbourne, Conservative)
I am grateful for what the Minister has to say and appreciate that parliamentary draftsmen do not always work at the fastest rate. Clearly, it would be helpful to have a good amount of sea room before the scheduled end of the Committee so that we will know how much time we will have to devote to these very important matters and do not run out of time for either those amendments or other new clauses at the end of this stage.
I would also like to confirm, and this is true of both Opposition parties, our happiness with a very short consultation period on the regulations—a period of a fortnight, rather than the normal requirement—so that we can get on with getting money to the people who need it.