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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 22nd January 2008

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Pensions Bill


 

[Fifth and sixth Sittings]


 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Withdrawn  1

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  leave out ‘and under 75’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  116

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  after ‘jobholder’ insert ‘, without ceasing to be employed

 

by the employer,’.

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Withdrawn  11

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out ‘, or make any omission,’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Danny Alexander

 

Paul Rowen

 

 

Withdrawn  78

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  leave out from ‘reached’ to end of line and insert ‘the age


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 22nd January 2008      

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

of 50’.

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Withdrawn  13

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out subsection (5) and insert—

 

‘( )    

Subsection (2) does not apply if there are prescribed arrangements under which

 

the jobholder is entitled to become an active member, with effect from the

 

automatic enrolment date, of a qualifying scheme which is a personal pension

 

scheme of a prescribed description.

 

( )    

An order will be made under this section to prescribe the terms under which it is

 

applicable, and the basis on which its application may be withdrawn with respect

 

to specific scheme providers or employers.’.

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Not called  12

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall within three months of

 

this Act receiving Royal Assent.’.

 

Danny Alexander

 

Paul Rowen

 

 

Withdrawn  79

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  36,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

The Secretary of State shall publish an annual report on the impact of means-

 

tested benefits on automatically enrolled members of the scheme established

 

under section 50’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  117

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  1,  leave out subsections (2) and (3).

 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  118

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  8,  leave out from beginning to ‘within’ in line 10 and insert

 

‘Where a person becomes an active member of a scheme in accordance with regulations

 

under this section, the employer must not take any action, or make any omission, by which

 

the person ceases to be an active member of the scheme’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 22nd January 2008      

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Withdrawn  14

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  15,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

The length of any such postponement shall not exceed 6 months.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Danny Alexander

 

Paul Rowen

 

 

Withdrawn  80

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out subsection (6) and insert ‘The automatic re-

 

enrolment date shall be 1st April of each year’.

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Not called  15

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  34,  leave out from ‘that’ to end of line 35 and insert ‘fall at

 

the beginning of the tax year in any relevant year for all jobholders.’.

 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  119

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  36,  leave out ‘(2)’ and insert ‘(6)’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  120

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  6,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Not called  70

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The regulations must provide for the notice—

 

(a)    

to include information about the effect in relation to jobholders of giving

 

notice under this section, and


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 22nd January 2008      

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

to be signed by the jobholder’.

 

 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  121

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  15,  after ‘qualifying’ insert ‘scheme which is a’.

 

Mr Mike O’Brien

 

Agreed to  122

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  17,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

Subsections (8) and (9) apply where a jobholder becomes an active member of an

 

automatic enrolment scheme in pursuance of a notice under this section and,

 

within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which that notice was

 

given—

 

(a)    

ceases to be an active member of that scheme, and

 

(b)    

gives the employer a further notice under this section.

 

(8)    

The further notice does not have effect to require the employer to arrange for the

 

jobholder to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme.

 

(9)    

But any arrangements the employer makes for the jobholder to become, within

 

that period, an active member of such a scheme must be made in accordance with

 

regulations under this section.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Withdrawn  71

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  25,  after ‘refunded’, insert ‘to the jobholder’.

 

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr John Greenway

 

Miss Julie Kirkbride

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  28,  after ‘refunded’, insert ‘to the employer’.

 

 

Danny Alexander

 

Paul Rowen

 

 

Not selected  81

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  39,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

to be given in writing by the jobholder’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 22nd January 2008      

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Danny Alexander

 

Paul Rowen

 

 

Not selected  82

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  39,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

to be registered personally with the enforcement body by the jobholder’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Thursday 24th January at 9.30 a.m.


 
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