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  Pensions Bill - Third Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to accelerate raising the state pension age to 66, amend the rules on enrollment to occupational pensions and to take a pension contribution from judges' pay. 
  @ MP voted no against accelerating raising the state pension age to 66, against amending the rules on enrollment to occupational pensions and against taking a pension contribution from judges' pay. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to approve the Pensions Bill at its third reading, accepting the Bill as it stood and supporting it continuing its path to becoming law. 
  
  Key provisions of the Bill included:
  
  * Accelerating the existing timetable for raising the State Pension age to 66
  * Requiring employers to automatically enroll employees into a qualifying pension system if their earnings are above a certain threshold, to require employers to make contributions to that scheme.
  * Changes to requirements for the indexation and revaluation requirements for occupational pensions.
  * To start taking contributions from judges' pay to contribute towards their pensions. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/pensionshl.html Parliament's webpage on the Pensions Bill (now an Act)] 
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