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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 17 March 2014

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

Pensions Bill


 

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Pensions Bill

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 1

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Gregg McClymont

 

To move, That this House agrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 9

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Gregg McClymont

 

(a)

 

Line  31,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision to require disclosure,

 

at least annually, of the management and transaction charges incurred by each

 

investment portfolio managed by or on behalf of a work-based scheme.

 

(3)    

Regulations under subsections (1) and (2) may provide for the disclosure of—

 

(a)    

fees and performance fees paid to investment managers;

 

(b)    

commissions and bid offer spreads paid to brokers;

 

(c)    

bid-offer spreads paid to foreign exchange counterparties;

 

(d)    

fees, revenue splits and bid-offer spreads paid to custodian banks;


 
 

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

(e)    

interest on cash balances and profits from stock lending retained by fund

 

managers;

 

(f)    

transaction costs in underlying funds;

 

(g)    

fees paid to in-house or third party scheme administrators;

 

(h)    

fees paid to professional advisors (eg actuaries, legal advisers, auditors,

 

investment consultants etc.);

 

(i)    

initial charges, bid-offer spreads, exit charges, other fees and rebates

 

charged on investments in pooled funds; and

 

(j)    

any other management and transaction charges that the Secretary of State

 

from time to time considers appropriate.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament regulations to restrict such

 

management and transaction charges no later than 30 April 2015.’.

 

 

 

Order of the House [17 June 2013]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Pensions Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 11 July 2013.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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