Member

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) for his comments and amendments on the local government pension scheme. Amendment 1 rightly focuses us all on ensuring that members’ voices are heard as part of the LGPS governance arrangements. There are already well-established routes at the level of the administering authorities, and that continues to be important, because that is where the crucial investment strategies will be set. He raised pools, and I commit to discussing that further with the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness, and monitoring in more detail what is happening as those organisations go through a significant period of change.