"My Lords, I warmly acknowledge the collegiate and genuinely cross-party approach that has characterised the passage of the Bill through your Lordships’ House. I know I also speak for my noble friend Lord Younger of Leckie in expressing our sincere thanks to colleagues across the House for their constructive engagement. …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I was speaking to a young man just yesterday who has done everything he has been encouraged to do. He has studied well and he has worked and saved in order to put a deposit down on a house. He has been helped by people who have been …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I begin by making it very clear that we on these Benches believe it is vital that young people are supported into work. We wholeheartedly support the announcement about the new opportunities for young people, and we want to see them succeed. The evidence is clear that periods …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman, Lady Griffin and Lady Bennett, for this amendment, and I fully recognise the principle that underpins it. However, we have some reservations about the approach taken here. In particular, we are concerned that …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak broadly in support of these amendments. They reflect a thoughtful and welcome focus from across the House on some of the most important structural issues in our pension system. In particular, I welcome the attention given by noble Lords to the effects of consolidation on …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, we have significant concerns about the direction of travel shown by the Government with their amendments in this group. These amendments risk opening the door to mandation by the backdoor, and that is something we cannot support.
"My Lords, this is a thoughtful amendment from the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso, and the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and I am grateful to them for bringing it before the House. Where there is a credible concern that individuals have suffered material pension losses, it is right that those concerns …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech