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<p>Thank you, Counsel General. I'd like to highlight the concerning issue of the unethical treatment of pensioners, namely those who define benefit pensions accrued before 1997. I've heard from a constituent in Rhyl who is a former Hewlett-Packard employee and is now facing the reality of inflation eroding his retirement income simply because his former employer chooses not to increase pre 1997 benefits in line with inflation, even though they have the discretion and likely financial ability to do so. People who gave decades of service to their employer are seeing their real terms income fall year after year with no legal protection.</p>
<p>Also, the number of pensioners across the UK below the minimum income standard nearly doubled between 2009 and 2022, which is around 20 percent of pensioners. The matter is primarily reserved, and Westminster's Work and Pensions Committee has written to the pensions Minister, Torsten Bell, on this issue. But, major corporations like HP, BP and Shell could be benefiting from public contracts here in Wales, yet choose to treat their former workers so poorly, which raises questions regarding—</p>

<p>Thank you. Responsibility, as you said, for pensions lies with the UK Government and is the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions. Actually, our Cabinet Secretary for finance is meeting the pensions Minister, Torsten Bell, tomorrow to discuss that, and a number of other issues around pensions affecting the Welsh economy and Welsh pensioners.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the Welsh public sector has made significant advances towards ethical business practices in recent years, ensuring contracts are awarded compliantly with the highest standards of social responsibility. The Welsh Government's legislative framework enables contracting authorities to carry out robust due diligence and access to exclusion grounds to ensure only suppliers which meet robust standards can bid for public contracts. Any suppliers under contract later found to be in breach of their commitments under the Procurement Act 2023 may face penalties, including the termination of contracts and exclusion from future procurement opportunities, and that covers all of the range of people protected by vulnerable people, including pensioners.</p>