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Proceeding contribution from Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 20 October 2016. It occurred during Backbench debate and Debate on select committee report on BHS.


BHS

Again, that is an incredibly relevant point, and it links to the previous one. We were certainly left with the impression that the problem would be sorted shortly. There is no concrete proposal on the table to bring justice to the pensioners, and a question of corporate governance is raised about how someone can take over a company with its pension fund in surplus and a good order book. An interesting aspect of Sir Philip’s evidence to us was that he said he could have annuitised all the pension liabilities when he took over BHS, but decided not to do so. Had he done so, we would not be in this position today.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
615 c982 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Honours Workplace pensions British Home Stores Green, Philip
Link
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