Speeches by Egan.

“Damien Egan. I represent Bristol North East.”

“T3. With the defence review coming, alongside the welcome extra investment in defence, how will things change so that more school leavers in Bristol can learn about the opportunities in the military and across Bristol’s wider defence sector?”

“It would be interesting to know whether particular demographics are more at risk of going down an unguided route.”

“I will take us to the exciting question of what a default retirement solution could look like.”

“I want to take us forward to retirement. As part of the King’s Speech, the Government announced measures to require pension schemes to offer default retirement solutions. Do you think default retirement solutions will improve outcomes for savers?”

“We will come to that one.”

“Do we have enough information about the outcomes for people who have sought advice once they get to retirement, compared with the outcomes for people who make their own decisions? Can we tell people that retirement has performed this or that much better for people who have had advice?”

“Are some areas doing it better than others?”

“Thank you very much.”

“It is interesting, because in England it is much more devolved around local authorities and you see really big variations.”

“Thank you. Moving on to the role of the Older People’s Commissioner, the obvious question is what difference you think the role has made in Wales.”

“I suspect that having the legal clout helps with this, but is it easy getting buy-in, because you are working across different Departments?”

“Rhian, you have called for more meaningful equality impact assessments and age-proofing of policy proposals. Would you like to see any changes in how the DWP assesses the impact of its policies? Are there any particular policies that would benefit from that kind of review?”

“Presumably you would agree with those recommendations.”

“I have some questions about the role of the Older People’s Commissioner, but first, Faye, I have a quick follow-up to Jo’s question about your work to get older people who are able to leave hospital home. Do you see a big difference between different localities in Wales?”

“This morning, the Work and Pensions Committee was at the Welsh Assembly, where we heard from Wales’s Older People’s Commissioner as part of our pensioner poverty review. I was impressed that Wales has a role with real legal clout. From what we heard, it is making a difference for older people in Wales. Do Ministers agr…”

“We will all be doing it for our questions.”

“In terms of the universal services that are available, what difference would a universal service at a jobcentre that anybody could access make to the people you work with?”

“Do you work with a lot of people who will not be speaking English?”

“Are there any organisations out there, voluntary groups, that are doing this work in certain parts of the country?”