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Pension Schemes Act 2017

Summary

The Pension Schemes Act 2017 creates tougher rules and oversight for pension schemes in the UK. It aims to protect workers' pensions by preventing fraud and poor management, and gives regulators better tools to step in if a pension scheme is in trouble or treating members unfairly.

A vote to support means

  • Supporting this Act means backing stronger rules to protect people's pensions and retirement savings. It gives the government more power to prevent pension schemes from being mismanaged or used unfairly, and helps ensure people get the money they're entitled to when they retire.

A vote to oppose means

  • Critics worry the Act gives too much power to government regulators and could increase costs for businesses running pension schemes. Some also argue it makes pension rules more complicated and might force smaller companies to spend more money on compliance.

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Bill Passage

Commons

  • 1st reading17 Jan 2017
  • 2nd reading30 Jan 2017
  • Committee stage7 Feb 2017
  • Report stage29 Mar 2017
  • 3rd reading29 Mar 2017

Lords

  • 1st reading19 Oct 2016
  • 2nd reading1 Nov 2016
  • Committee stage21 Nov 2016
  • Report stage19 Dec 2016
  • 3rd reading16 Jan 2017
Royal Assent27 Apr 2017
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