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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I am grateful to the Minister for his generous remarks and I thank him for his support of my campaign to bring about green gilts in this country. I agree that it is a way in which pension funds can contribute to the climate change effort in a meaningful way, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I agree that the Bill is sufficient in its current form to be able to achieve what we all want to achieve, which is to get pension funds to invest in a climate-aware way.

The last point that I …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)

"I warmly welcome clause 124, which affirms the Government’s commitment to tackle climate change using the power of finance and investment to move things forward. Does he agree that the issuance of a green gilt and asset purchase facility is a good next step forward in enabling more pension funds …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

"Does the Minister agree that if we look around the world at where commercial transactions have been incorporated into dashboards—for example, in Israel and Denmark—we see that there have been no cases of mis-selling, so any risks spoken about in this debate are somewhat overblown, given that there is no …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"It is a great pleasure to follow the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. This is an incredibly important debate because we know that our population is growing in age. By 2024, it is projected that 24% of our population will be over the age of 65, and in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that and, again, I welcome the provision to compel pension providers. It allows the dashboards to be as effective as possible as quickly as possible.

Finally, let me address clause 124, requiring pension fund managers to include climate change risk. Again, I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"The hon. Gentleman is making some very good points that I would like to add to as someone who has dealt with many of our country’s pension funds. There is a disconnect between what the pensioners and the trustees believe: they would like to see much more investment in climate …..."
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Written Question
Disability: Public Lavatories
Thursday 11th June 2020

Asked by: Gareth Davies (Conservative - Grantham and Bourne)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that (a) public and (b) hospitality venue toilet facilities accessible for people with hidden disabilities and disabled children.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The Government, via the Cabinet Office Disability Unit, is supporting the British Standards Institute in its development of a public information symbol to support disabled people with non-visible disabilities.

The Government has consulted on proposals to increase the number of Changing Places toilet facilities through mandating them in a range of public buildings, using the statutory building regulations framework. Changing Places toilets meet the needs of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, as well as people with other physical disabilities such as spinal injuries, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis.