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House of Commons

Thursday 7th February 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Pensions Bill

[FIfteenth and sixteenth Sittings]

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr John Greenway

Miss Julie Kirkbride

Withdrawn  158

Clause  68,  page  32,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In section 1 (meaning of “stakeholder pension scheme”), omit subsections (7) and

(8).’.

Andrew Selous

Mr Nigel Waterson

Withdrawn  182

Clause  68,  page  32,  line  24,  leave out ‘regular intervals’ and insert ‘intervals of less

than one year’.

Clause Agreed to.

Andrew Selous

Mr Nigel Waterson

Withdrawn  185

Clause  69,  page  33,  line  20,  leave out ‘whether oral or’.

Andrew Selous

Mr Nigel Waterson

Not called  186

Clause  69,  page  33,  line  29,  leave out ‘whether it is oral or’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Pensions Bill, continued

Clauses 70 and 71 Agreed to.

Andrew Selous

Mr Nigel Waterson

Withdrawn  183

Clause  72,  page  34,  line  41,  at end add ‘or a Member of the House of Lords.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Andrew Selous

Mr Nigel Waterson

Not called  184

Clause  73,  page  35,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(c)
who is employed by a Member of Parliament.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Nigel Waterson

Andrew Selous

Mr Stewart Jackson

Miss Julie Kirkbride

Mr John Greenway

Negatived on division  6

Clause  74,  page  35,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘( )
subsection (1) shall not apply to any member of the reserve forces who is paid for

more than six months in any three-year period.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 75 and 76 Agreed to.

Mr Mike O’Brien

Agreed to  134

Clause  77,  page  36,  line  29,  leave out ‘or 6(3)’ and insert ‘, 6(3) or [Workers

without qualifying earnings](2)’.

Mr Mike O’Brien

Agreed to  142

Clause  77,  page  37,  line  12,  at end add—


‘“trustee or manager”—

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Pensions Bill, continued

(a)
in relation to England and Wales or Scotland, is to be construed in

accordance with section 178 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)

(trustees and managers of schemes: interpretation);

(b)
in relation to Northern Ireland, is to be construed in accordance with

section 173 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)

(trustees or managers of schemes);’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 78 Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Paul Rowen

Not called  112

Page  37,  line  20,  leave out Clause 79.

Clause Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Paul Rowen

Not called  113

Page  57,  line  10,  leave out Schedule 2.

Schedule added to the Bill.

Clause 80 Agreed to.

Schedule 3 added to the Bill.

Clause 81 Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 19th February at 10.30 a.m.