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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Pension Investment in UK Equities

"I am not sure that I fully understood, so I am not going to commit to agreeing. Remember that the capital gains on shares in equity ISAs—investment ISAs—receive tax relief in their entirety, so the tax is not the problem in terms of people’s rates of return; the returns would …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

"I beg to move,

That the Committee has considered the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025.

That should encourage enthusiasm from everyone. The primary purpose of the draft regulations is to extend the legal framework for collective …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

"I thank the hon. Members for Wyre Forest and for Horsham for their consensual approach and the clarity of their support for what is a development of CDC schemes that has had good cross-party support. Communications are very important. The truth is that they are important in all pension schemes—particularly …..."
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Scheduled Event - Tuesday 4th February - Add to calendar
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Commons - Motion - Main Chamber
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2025
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
MP: Torsten Bell
Written Question
Jobseeker's Allowance
Friday 20th December 2024

Asked by: Torsten Bell (Labour - Swansea West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s statistics on the ONS Nomis database on Jobseekers Allowance on-flows by occupation and age, what assessment she has made of the potential reason for changes in the number of on-flows to Jobseekers Allowance where the occupation is unknown since June 2024.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

There have been some changes to the administrative instructions followed by the department’s Work Coaches around recording occupation at the Initial Work Seach Interview. This has led to the observed change in the levels of unknown occupations in the Jobseekers Allowance occupation data since June.