🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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I need to declare an interest because yesterday morning, in the post, I received my ballot paper for the election of the general secretary of my union. I looked at it. Of course, I will be voting —I will not tell your Lordships for whom—but it seemed absurd that I could do it only by post. I can pay my income tax online. I can tax my car. I can book airline tickets. I can pay my gas bill....
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My Lords, I speak in favour of these regulations. Despite the case made by the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, there was much in what she said about the purpose of reviews with which I agree: they are in the interests of the claimants and of the public, in that they fund these payments. They are clearly an important element of the system. What was not mentioned is the reason for the...
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what recent progress the Pensions Commission has made on its programme of work.
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Perhaps I may first welcome my noble friend the Minister to her rightful place on the Front Bench. I thank her for her Answer. We look forward to the progress of the commission to the agreed timetable, but I have concerns that it is only one leg of a three-part review: there is the commission; there is the Government’s review of the state pension age, which commenced a year ago yesterday...
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To broaden the issue slightly to investors getting advice from AI apps, such as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude, do these apps owe the client consumer duty?
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I thank my noble friend for her answers and the work she is doing on this appalling situation. It is clear from her answers that the obstruction of humanitarian aid accessing the country and being distributed is happening on a tremendous scale. This is clearly a crime. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that, sooner or later, those responsible face sanctions or, even better,...
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I thank my noble friend for the Statement. As she knows, I have been asking questions on this issue for most of this year, so I welcome the attention it is now receiving from the ministerial team and the work they are doing. Of course, the issue of outsourcing and the role of Capita will have to be dealt with, but I am sure my noble friend agrees that the priority now is to get the payments...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government for each year since 2020/2021 (1) how many times has the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman proposed that compensation should be paid to a successful claimant assessed, (2) how many of these successful claimants did not suffer any direct financial loss, and (3) in how many cases did they not pay compensation to successful claimants.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether, following a finding by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman that compensation should be paid, it is relevant to consider whether a successful claimant has suffered a direct financial loss.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, given the figures for the consumer prices index and national average earnings indices, and the percentage increases in those indices that are published by the Office for National Statistics, how each of those figures are used to determine increases in state pensions, including what rules are used to round the relevant figures.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish draft legislation on the oversight and regulation of the actuarial profession during this parliamentary Session.
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To ask His Majesty's Government how they arrived at their estimate that the introduction of means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment will result in savings of ÂŁ1.5 billion in the current financial year, and what is the itemised breakdown of these calculations.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, following the introduction of means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment, what administrative arrangements they are making to deal with any increase in claims for Pension Credit; what assessment they have made of the impact of an increase in claims for Pension Credit on the processing of existing claims; and how many current civil servants are being redeployed...
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To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the projected savings from the introduction of means testing on the Winter Fuel Payment in the event that the number of those claiming Pension Credit increases from its current level (1) to 80 per cent, and (2) to 90 per cent, of those eligible.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 24 April (HL3731), what discussions officials have had with occupational pension schemes and their advisers about the flaws in climate scenario modelling by pension schemes and the impact on beneficiaries, whether as part of the post-implementation review of the Occupational Pension Schemes...
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