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House of Commons

Tuesday 17th July 2007

Consideration of Lords Amendments

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Pensions Bill

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On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Pensions Bill

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Lords Amendment No. 15

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 16

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Dr Tony Wright

To move the following Amendment in lieu of Lords Amendment No. 16:—

Financial Assistance Scheme: eligibility where employers remain solvent

(a)

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) is amended as follows.

(2)	In section 286 (financial assistance for members etc.) insert after subsection (2)—

“(2A)

Conditions prescribed under paragraph (c) in the definition of

“qualifying pension scheme” in subsection (2) shall not exclude schemes

which have been wound up in the absence of an insolvency event as

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referred to in Part 2, provided that such wind-up began before 11th June

2003.”.’.

Lords Amendment No. 17

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 18

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 19

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 20

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 21

Mr Secretary Hain

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

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Lords Amendment No. 22

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 23

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 24

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 1

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 12

Mr Secretary Hain

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

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Lords Amendment No. 13

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 14

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 28

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Lords Amendment No. 73

Mr Secretary Hain

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

Order of the House [16th january and 17th april 2007]

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 8th February 2007.

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

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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.

PENSIONS BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)

Mr Secretary Hutton

That the Order of 16th January 2007 (Pensions Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

       1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.

       2. Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first

column of the following Table.

       3. The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

        TABLE

	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	New Clauses and amendments	Two and a half hours after the
	relating to the Financial	commencement of proceedings on
	Assistance Scheme	the motion for this Order
	New Clauses and amendments	Four hours after the commencement
	relating to Part 3	of proceedings on the motion for
		this Order
	Remaining proceedings on	6.00 p.m.
	consideration

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

brought to a conclusion at 7.00 p.m.

pensions bill (programme) (No. 3)

Mr Secretary Hain

That the following provisions shall apply to the Pensions Bill for the purpose of

supplementing the Orders of 16th January and 18th April 2007 (Pensions Bill

(Programme) and Pensions Bill (Programme) (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1.	Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not

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previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their

commencement at this day’s sitting.

2.	The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order, namely

15 to 24, 1, 12 to 14, 28, 2 to 11, 25 to 27, 29 to 73.

Subsequent stages

3.	Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without

any Question being put.

4.	The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their

commencement.

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Revised 17 July 2007