Member

I close my remarks by commenting briefly on Amendment 20A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, which aims to shine a light on the level, justification and affordability of LGPS employer contributions, enabling comparisons across schemes and councils and making how pension costs relate to council tax income clearer to the public. This amendment is welcome and speaks powerfully to some of the points that we made in our speeches on the previous group. I know that the noble Baroness will make a powerful and authoritative case for her amendment; we on these Benches will listen closely to how the Minister responds. With that, I beg to move.