Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Darren Paffey and Mark Ferguson

Thursday 10th September 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mark Ferguson]

I am afraid that the hon. Member appears to have not fully heard my initial response, which I believe addresses a lot of the issues he has raised. His question was about arm’s length bodies, so of course I answered on arm’s length bodies—there are 306 of them, and we are reviewing over a third. I would have hoped that he would welcome that, because devolution by default means restoring powers to where they should be, with democratic accountability.

[Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen) (Lab)]

7. What recent steps her Department has taken to tackle issues impacting the civil service pension scheme.