Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Euan Stainbank and Torsten Bell

Monday 12th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Torsten Bell]

Although I listened closely to much of the Conservative party’s conference—not quite all of it, but lots of it—I am still not clear what its policy is on the triple lock or on many other things in the pensions space. I have been paying a lot of attention, and what I have learned is that the shadow Foreign Secretary calls the triple lock a Ponzi scheme and the previous shadow Chancellor calls it completely unsustainable.

The shadow Secretary of State knows she has a ridiculous position on reform of the state pension. This Government will put the state pension on a sustainable basis and address the other big challenge of ensuring an adequate private pension system. That is what the Pensions Commission will do.

[Euan Stainbank (Falkirk) (Lab)]

10. What recent progress he has made on the expansion of youth hubs.