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  Pensions Bill - New Clause 11 - Require Direction to or Provision of Brokerage Service
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require work based pension schemes to pass their clients onto, or provide, an annuity broker at the relevant time.
  @ MP voted no against requiring work based pension schemes to pass their clients onto, or provide, an annuity broker at the relevant time.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring work based pension schemes to pass their clients onto, or provide, an annuity broker at the relevant time.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Pensions Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That the clause be read a Second time.
  
  The clause in question was New Clause 11[2], titled ''Decumulation'', it stated:
  
  :(1) Any qualifying money purchase scheme must direct its savers to an independent annuity brokerage service or offer such a brokerage service itself.
  
  :(2) Pension schemes shall ensure that any brokerage service selected or provided meets best practice in terms of providing members withâ
  :(a) an assisted path through the annuity process;
  :(b) ensuring access to most annuity providers; and
  :(c) minimising costs.
  
  :(3) The standards meeting best practice on decumulation shall be defined by the Pensions Regulator after public consultation.
  
  :(4) The standards set out in subsection (3) shall be reviewed every three years and, if required, updated.â
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/pensions.html Parliament's webpage on the Pensions Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2013-10-29b.766.2#g766.5 Official Record, House of Commons, 29 October 2013]
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