Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D

Lords Amendment 88D to the Pension Schemes Bill was rejected by the House of Commons on 22 April 2026. MPs voted 272 to 149 in favour of the government's motion, which responded to the Lords' stated reasons for their amendment and effectively maintained the Commons' earlier decision to reject it. The vote is part of the ongoing "ping-pong" process, in which the two Houses exchange the Bill back and forth until they reach agreement or one side yields. The vote concerns the Pension Schemes Bill, a piece of legislation covering how occupational pension schemes are regulated and governed. The specific content of Lords Amendment 88D and the government's precise objection to it are not set out in detail in the available record; however, the government's position was that the Commons should not accept the Lords' reasoning. The outcome keeps the Bill on the government's preferred terms on this particular point, at least for now, as ping-pong was continuing at the time of this vote. The division followed strict party lines. All 258 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted supported the government, alongside four Plaid Cymru members, three SNP members, two SDLP members, and three independents. All 88 voting Conservatives, all 56 Liberal Democrats, both DUP members, and one Traditional Unionist Voice MP voted against. There were no Labour rebels. The pattern matches closely with several related divisions on the same Bill in April 2026, suggesting a sustained and consistent opposition from Conservative and Liberal Democrat benches throughout ping-pong.