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Pensions Bill

I have no wish to make a comment on the voiceless clunking fist, except to say: what more could I ask? The Minister has probably gone much further than his brief, for which we all congratulate him. I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the debate. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, that it is important to put his remarks in context. I apologise to him if I did not mention that in the previous sentence to the one I quoted, he said that, "““there should, at the very least, be a substantial increase in the limit””.—[Official Report, 15/11/04; col. 1229.]" He went on to say that he supported the amendment and that at the very least there was a strong argument for an increase in the limit to 75, if the principle of abolishing the limit altogether was not accepted. He then voted to abolish the limit and the amendment won the day. I say to the noble Lord, please do not desert us now.