Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Harrington of Watford and Craig Williams

Monday 21st November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Craig Williams (Cardiff North) (Con)]

T2. I continue to work with small businesses across my constituency while auto-enrolment is rolled out. I was heartened by last week’s Institute for Fiscal Studies report, which showed that that 22 to 29-year-olds in particular have seen a massive boost in pension coverage. What are the Government doing to ensure that everyone in my constituency and across the United Kingdom has the opportunity of saving for a good-quality workplace pension?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions (Richard Harrington)]

I can reiterate the fact that plans to expand auto-enrolment are happening, and hundreds of thousands of people are signing up, which is a significant improvement. As for the self-employed and other people who are not in the scheme, that is just the sort of thing that we should be looking at in our 2017 review of automatic enrolment.