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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 January 2026

Debate

Pension Schemes Bill

Contribution

Although this is a technical amendment, looking to bring together all these regulators in the national interest, I am told by the industry—I thank John Hamilton, who is the Stagecoach group pension fund chair of trustees; William McGrath, founder of the C-Suite Pension Strategies; and Henry Tapper, chair of AgeWage, for bringing this to my attention—that, if we can get this working right and if this is inserted into the Bill, we will be able to change how trustees look at their responsibilities to members for the long run. We will be able to start to use these pension assets in a positive way to secure better benefits in future for their members and the nation than the current haphazard application of the standards and all the excellent hard work that the actuaries do, which is driving trustees away from one of the most productive futures for this national pool of wealth.

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