Part of Pensions Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:15 pm on 21 February 2008.
Mike O'Brien
Minister of State (Pension Reform), Department for Work and Pensions
1:15,
21 February 2008
I assure the hon. Gentleman that we are not reviewing the statutory override idea at all; we are merely going to put it into regulations. The Lewin and Sweeney review has been completed so there are no more reviews, it is just a matter of getting the regulations out there, consulting on them to get them right, and getting them implemented.
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