Speeches by Edwards.

“Yes—or not.”

“Brilliant. Tim, what do you think? You have a knowledge of these and quite a number have been going up around the country.”

“Just picking up on the point that you made in the beginning—I will start with you, Nick, and then come to the other panellists, because I know that they will have something to add here—we know that we need partnerships between everybody to work, because you can get more things achieved. You have already mentioned that …”

“It is linking with a site that is already up and running, so they are on site. It is shortening that period of being in the classroom, which, for many, may not suit them, so they drop out, because they do not like it.”

“Moving on a little bit from that, I chair the SME house builder APPG. I did a visit a couple of months ago to the National House Building Council in Lichfield. It has a new training site there where it is shortening the process, removing some of the stuff that is nice to know but not need to know, and saying, “If we ne…”

“Minister Falconer, I want to pick up on some of what we have been talking about. We have heard a lot about technical language—quite rightly so, obviously—and the interpretation and article 7, but globally people are watching with horror. Our constituents are watching with horror and what they want to know is this: what…”

“Thank you for that answer. Thinking about our partners and perhaps the pressure that we, you and others are trying to bring about: what do our partners feel about the interpretation that we are making of some of the licences? They have taken a different view and may have slightly different process. What is their view? …”

“I commend my hon. Friend for the work that he has done and that the Department continues to do on this. One of the interesting things about this provision is that, in 2013, the Conservatives changed the period from 12 months to 24 months. They increased the amount of time that people were in an insecure position in the…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for her fantastic speech. In Staffordshire, I met representatives of one of my local specialist schools, who said that it receives 200 applications for just 20 places. On top of that, many of our state schools and those who wish to provide support to students with special educational needs are str…”

“I beg to move amendment 278, in clause 41, page 49, line 26, at end insert “and only after VFM assessments are available to the Trustees as part of the decision making process.” This amendment would restrict external transfers until VFM assessments are available to ensure that Trustees can carry out their fiduciary dut…”

“I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendments made: 105, in clause 38, page 43, line 7, at end insert— “(and for that purpose, a provision of the trust deed or rules of the scheme is ‘in conflict’ with provision under this section so far as the former does not allow for the as…”

“On that basis, I am happy to beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.”

“I beg to move amendment 276, to clause 38, page 42, line 41, at end insert— “(aa) the progress towards the targets set out in the Mansion House Agreement (2025) and the state of the supply pipeline of qualifying assets;”. To clarify the extent of the review to be conducted before the “mandation” power is deployed. It i…”

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“Q I am interested in hearing a little more about unlocking surplus and some of the challenges, particularly in the way that it is described or calculated, and what the thresholds might be. Obviously, there is an opportunity, but there is also a balance around conflicts arising when an employer might wish to access the …”

“Q I am interested in exactly what you were saying around the two-tier element, partly around the challenge of the fact that there are people who have got the full recompense or equivalent, and you have not. Do you feel that this is an opportunity to change that dial and set the record straight? Obviously, an amendment …”

“Q I want to pick up on the changes around DC, and the fact that there are quite a lot of different things—we have talked about value for money, changes in scale and, obviously, default retirement ages. From your perspective, is there a sequencing that needs to happen to make sure that they work, and is that provided fo…”

“Q I just wanted to ask for your reflections on the current levels of funding in the UK compared with other funds. Canada is often touted as having a higher rate of funding. Can you comment on what you think some of the barriers might be? Why is that not happening, and do you think the Bill will address that? Charlotte …”

“I was contacted by my constituents, so thank you for that.”

“Q I want to go back a little and talk about transfer of funds into pools. During the transitional phase there are funds that might have ordinarily been making investments and would have had a set of investment principles and a strategy, and who for 12 months may potentially not be making those decisions. Are there risk…”