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  Pensions Bill 2010/11 - Second 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 allow the Pensions Bill[1] to be read a second time, so continue on 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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