Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Harper and David Mowat

Monday 26th January 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Harper]

As the hon. Lady will know, this Wednesday I shall publish some properly verified statistics. I shall also engage in a lengthy session before the Work and Pensions Committee, when I shall set out the facts in full, as I have been requested to do.

[David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con)]

The Independent Project Board, which was set up by the Office of Fair Trading, recently established that more than £8 billion-worth of private pension assets were subject to charges of between 2% and 3%. That makes it almost impossible for such schemes to grow. Will the Minister tell us what action he will take to deal with that?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Harper and David Mowat

Monday 1st September 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Harper]

She nods to say that she is. We have made inroads into the backlog of claims, and it is worth remembering that ESA claimants will normally be in receipt of benefit while they are waiting for the work capability assessment to be looked at.

[David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con)]

2. What steps he is taking to ensure that employees will not be auto-enrolled into high-cost pension schemes.