Official Report: Minutes of Evidence
Committee for Communities, meeting on Thursday, 5 November 2020
Members present for all or part of the proceedings:
Ms Paula Bradley (Chairperson)
Ms Kellie Armstrong (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Andy Allen MBE
Mr Mark Durkan
Mr Alex Easton
Mrs Sinéad Ennis
Mr Fra McCann
Mr Robin Newton
Witnesses:
Mr Gerry McCann, Department for Communities
Ms Doreen Roy, Department for Communities
Pension Schemes Bill: Clause-by-clause Consideration
The Chairperson (Ms P Bradley): Gerry McCann and Doreen Roy from the Department are with us. Paul Stitt from the Bill Office joins us via StarLeaf. You are very welcome. You have been around a long time, so you know exactly how we do clause-by-clause consideration.
Without further ado, members, we will go directly into our clause-by-clause consideration.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 1, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 2, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 3, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 4, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 5, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 6, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 7, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 8, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 9, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 10, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 11, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 12, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 13, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 14, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 15, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 16, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 17, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 18, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 19, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 20, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 21, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 22, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 23, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 24, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 25, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 26, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 27, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 28, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 29, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 30, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 31, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with schedule 1, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 32, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 33, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 34, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 35, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 36, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 37, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with schedule 2, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 38, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with schedule 3, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 39, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 40, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 41, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 42, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 43, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 44, put and agreed to.
Question, That the Committee is content with clause 45, put and agreed to.
The Chairperson (Ms P Bradley): That concludes the Committee's clause-by-clause scrutiny of the Pension Schemes Bill. A draft Committee report on the Bill will be brought to the Committee for agreement in the coming weeks. Again, thank you very much, Gerry and Doreen. Sorry to keep you waiting so long.
Mr Gerry McCann (Department for Communities): Not at all.