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  Pension Schemes Bill - New Clause 1 - Pensions Guidance
  
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  @ MP voted aye to to require the government to offer people a pensions guidance appointment five years before they become eligible to access their pensions.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require the government to offer people a pensions guidance appointment five years before they become eligible to access their pensions.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to require the government to offer people a pensions guidance appointment five years before they become eligible to access their pensions, and to repeat the offer annually if it is not declined or taken up. 
  
  MPs were considering the Pension Schemes Bill[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :âThe Secretary of State must write to members or survivors of pension schemes five years prior to the age of becoming eligible to access their benefits, to state a scheduled date and time for a pensions guidance appointment, or the option to reschedule or defer this appointment; and write annually until a pensions guidance appointment has been taken, or the memberâs desire to opt out has been confirmed.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  :This new clause would ensure members or survivors of pension schemes receive an impartial pensions guidance appointment prior to the point when they become eligible to access their pension benefits, with an appointment booked each year until such time that the member has received impartial guidance.
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2526 Parliament's webpage on the Pension Schemes Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/004/5801004en01.htm Explanatory notes to the Pension Schemes Bill], Parliament.uk
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