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Written Question
Canada: Pensions
Friday 10th February 2023

Asked by: Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2023 to Question 127917 on Canada: Social Security Benefits, if he will hold discussions with his Canadian counterpart on the frozen pensions policy.

Answered by Laura Trott - Shadow Secretary of State for Education

There are two separate social security arrangements in place between the UK and Canada, made in 1995 and 1998. The UK Government has no plans to change the social security relationship with Canada.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of universal credit payment levels in the context of the rise in the cost of living. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Scottish Government have doubled their game-changing Scottish child payment to £20 per child per week and will increase that to £25 by the end of the year, thereby supporting more than 100,000 children. Why will the UK Government not commit to increasing universal credit by an equivalent amount over …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of universal credit received by claimants. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"If the UK Government plough ahead with their planned cut to universal credit, it will result in one in three families with children in Scotland losing over £1,000 overnight and plunge 20,000 children into poverty. Does the Minister understand why so many people in Scotland think that it is the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I rise to support amendments 7 and 8 and new clauses 4 and 5 in my name and those of others. A recurring theme throughout the debates on Second Reading, in Committee and this evening has been the need to try to avoid unintended consequences. That is a particularly important …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)

"It is good to see you back in the Chair, Mr Robertson.

I rise to speak to new clauses 3 and 4, which stand in my name and those of my hon. Friends the Members for Airdrie and Shotts, for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), and for Kilmarnock and …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Stringer. I am pleased to get the chance to delve further into some of the issues that were raised on Second Reading, of which this was one. I am happy to add my support, along with that of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)

"I have got a bit to go. The Minister highlighted paragraphs in the Pensions Regulator’s recent consultation, but I draw his attention to paragraph 210, which states:

“We consider that trustees’ focus should be to ensure the security of members’ accrued benefits rather than to ensure the provision of future …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)

"Does the Minister accept that there is a difference between being given the opportunity to invest in those asset classes and having the freedom to invest in them, if there is a perception that people are being guided down a route of de-risking, and would not that be the benefit …..."
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