Part of Savings (Government Contributions) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:25 am on 1 November 2016.
Ian Blackford
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Pensions)
9:25,
1 November 2016
Does the Minister accept that the Turner commission was a force for good and for change in pensions and savings in this country? Out of the Turner commission, we effectively got auto-enrolment, about which there was cross-party consensus in the House. That is what we seek to achieve by taking these issues away to a commission. That would create the circumstances in which we could all work together to improve the pensions and savings landscape in this country.
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