Wedgwood Museum Debate

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Lord Cormack

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Wedgwood Museum

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Tuesday 14th February 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Rawlings Portrait Baroness Rawlings
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My noble friend makes a very good point. The archives and the whole collection constitute a most remarkable collection that has been donated by the family over many years. It would be a disaster should it be sold. The protection fund is a very complicated fund which the Government are looking at in great detail. I will not go into all the details of the pension scheme now but I will write to her with those details.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack
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My Lords—

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Portrait Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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My Lords, may I pursue the whole issue of the “last man standing” legislation with the noble Baroness? I understand that, following the DWP’s review of this policy, it was agreed that there would be a further review. However, I gathered from what the noble Baroness was saying just now that this is not the case. Will she confirm whether this matter is under review, because it seems to noble Lords around the House that it is being used and implemented in a way that was never foreseen, is causing charities—not just the Wedgwood Museum but other charities—considerable concern and disquiet, and has consequences for unemployment in the area as well? Therefore, will the noble Baroness clarify the status of the “last man standing” legislation?