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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 April 2025

Debate

NHS Pensions

Contribution

I very much value the noble Baroness’s expertise in this area, so I particularly value her acknowledgement of the complexity of the scheme. Certainly, in our efforts to support the workforce, we consider all matters to make working for the NHS better and simpler. There has been talk—the noble Baroness did not quite say this—that pension issues are impacting NHS activity. There is no evidence of that. Nor is there any clear evidence from NHS payroll data that pension tax rules limit the activity of, for example, the consultant workforce overall. All that said, I, as ever, will be pleased to take away the suggestions that the noble Baroness makes and to have them looked into.

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