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2nd Report - Pension Schemes Bill [HL]

Published 13 February 2020

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At a glanceGovernment response published 11 March 2020 (deadline 13 April 2020)

The government's response

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response explains why it considers the Pensions Regulator, rather than the DPP, well placed to prosecute, declines to agree that pause orders undermine implied repeal, and "notes" the Committee's views on skeletal dashboard provisions.

  • On Clause 107, it states that Parliament has previously given the Regulator its own prosecution powers, not subject to DPP oversight, and that safeguards exist, including its stated intention to apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
  • On Clause 110, it says there is "no exclusion of a right to legal representation" and "intends" to prescribe information on legal representation "following further consultation".
  • On pause orders, it states: "The Government therefore does not agree that the doctrine is undermined." It says the order only temporarily overrides competing requirements and does not entrench against future Acts.
  • On dashboards, it "accepts that these provisions are skeletal" but holds that producing "sample Regulations" would not be "desirable or practical". It will respond "substantively" on Clause 47 in its response to the DPRRC.

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