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Bus Services (17 Oct 2007)

Steve Webb: ...of my constituency have been registering their views with me on that site. I wondered what young people in my area might be concerned about, thinking that it might be world peace, climate change or terrorism, but it turned out to be buses. They are the No. 1 issue that young people, perhaps in their early 20s, have contacted me about—not in ones and twos, but in droves. I was so...

Pensions and Welfare Reform (13 Oct 2004)

Professor Steve Webb: ...the speech by the hon. Member for Havant. The rhetoric was credible and convincing. He gave a realistic description of the problems. He has likened the pensions crisis to global warming and the war on terror. He is trying to tell us how serious he thinks it is. However, it is clear from the eight-point plan that it is a good job that we are not relying on him to deal with global warming...

Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: Clause 125 — Payment of scheme benefits (19 May 2004)

Professor Steve Webb: ...of last resort. They would not make a grant, nor would they bail out the PPF in the sense of handing over public money from the taxpayer, but would stand ready to lend. That is what happens in terrorism reinsurance. The Government want there to be a market, but as insurers would be subject to calamitous risks if they offered insurance against terrorism, the Government say, "Don't worry....

Public Bill Committee: Pensions Bill: C V (30 Mar 2004)

Professor Steve Webb: .... There are good precedents for that sort of operation. When there was a big terrorist explosion and lots of insurers ran around saying that they would not insure anybody because the catastrophic risk of terrorism was too great, the Government said, ''We want an insurance market that works, so we will be the insurer of last resort; we will cover the minuscule chance of a catastrophic...