Response to John Hutton’s attempts to justify his rejection of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report, explaining why the Secretary of State’s case does not hang together.
Ros critiques the fallacies in John Hutton’s reply to her Open Letter in the Telegraph. She explains the flaws in Mr. Hutton’s arguments and shows how the Government needs to rethink its stance.
Open letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, John Hutton, pointing out the errors in his evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee and criticising the Government’s heartless and shameful treatment of the victims of pension scheme wind-ups.
Ros suggests various ways in which the Government could organise compensation for those who have suffered losses as a result of scheme wind-ups – the Government does not have to fund it all from taxpayers’ money.
Document submitted to High Court outlining the case for Judicial Review of the Government’s unprecedented rejection of both the findings and recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report.
Article published in Financial Adviser giving criticising the Government’s attempts to squirm out of taking responsibility for occupational pensions policy errors, despite the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report showing its guilt in this affair.
Letter published in Professional Pensions magazine, calling on the Government to compensate victims of scheme wind-ups urgently.
Ros highlights why the full, final response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report is flawed, going through the full response and highlighting where the arguments are not correct.
Ros comments on the full, final response, presented in the House of Commons by John Hutton, outlining more details about the Government’s reasons for rejecting the Parliamentary Ombdusman’s report.
Papers submitted by Ros to the Commons Public Administration Select Committee, ahead of her evidence to the inquiry.