Oral Answers to Questions

Craig Williams Excerpts
Monday 21st November 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (Penny Mordaunt)
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That particular criterion, of which I am very aware, is obviously not the sole criterion—many other factors are taken into account. I wish to do more on Motability, and we are looking closely at the whole area.

Craig Williams Portrait Craig Williams (Cardiff North) (Con)
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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?

Lord Harrington of Watford Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions (Richard Harrington)
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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.