"My Lords, I will speak briefly to Motion C because that deals with Amendment 35B, which I moved in the last round of ping-pong. I am delighted with the amendments that the Government have brought forward. I felt, during the process of Committee and Report, that I was banging my …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I tabled Motion G1 in this group. The Bill will consolidate today’s pensions market into a small number of large firms. It may well bring benefits, but it also carries the risk that the market will ossify around those large firms. Healthy markets need to be open to …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, and I congratulate her on pursuing this important topic. I will make just three brief points in support of the review that my noble friend’s amendment calls for.
"My Lords, I want to make a few points following the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. First, she referred to MND and the problem with some people who appear to live quite a lot longer than expected. The real problem with MND is that these patients almost certainly …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"I am going to disappoint the Minister. There is just a fundamental disagreement: the Government think that size is the most important thing and most of the rest of us think that the judgment on which schemes should be allowed to survive the initial cull that consolidation will require should …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech
"My Lords, I am sorry for forgetting having agreed to that intervention.
In moving Amendment 105A, I will also speak to Amendments 114 and 115 in this group. I thank my noble friends Lady Stedman-Scott and Lady Neville-Rolfe for adding their names. In the previous group, we concentrated on size …..." Baroness Noakes - View Speech