Pension Schemes Act 2026: stages, votes and documents
The Pension Schemes Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, 328 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 5 June 2025. MPs divided on it 15 times between 3 December 2025 and 28 April 2026; the narrowest margin was 107 (motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26).
Stages taken place
24
Commons divisions
15
Documents listed
27
Royal Assent
29 April 2026
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
A Bill to make provision about pension schemes; and for connected purposes.
Sponsors
- Liz Kendall (Labour, Commons), Department for Work and Pensions
- Baroness Sherlock (Labour, Lords), Department for Work and Pensions
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 5 June 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 7 July 2025 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 7 July 2025 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 7 July 2025 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 7 July 2025 |
| Committee stage | Commons | 2 September 2025, 4 September 2025, 9 September 2025, 11 September 2025 |
| Report stage | Commons | 3 December 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 3 December 2025 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 5 December 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 18 December 2025 |
| Committee stage | Lords | 12 January 2026, 14 January 2026, 19 January 2026, 22 January 2026, 26 January 2026, 3 February 2026, 5 February 2026, 23 February 2026 |
| Report stage | Lords | 16 March 2026, 19 March 2026, 23 March 2026 |
| 3rd reading | Lords | 26 March 2026 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 15 April 2026 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 15 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Lords amendments | Commons | 15 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 20 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Lords message | Commons | 22 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 22 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Lords message | Commons | 27 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 27 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Lords message | Commons | 28 April 2026 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 28 April 2026 |
| Royal Assent | Unassigned | 29 April 2026 |
Commons divisions on this bill
Documents
Act of Parliament
- Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22) 8 May 2026
Bill
- Bill 255 2024-25 (as introduced) 5 June 2025
- Bill 304 2024-26 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) 18 September 2025
- 5901152.pdf · 5901152.html · 5901152.xml 5 December 2025
- 5901169.pdf · 5901169.html · 5901169.xml 23 February 2026
- 5901181.pdf · 5901181.html · 5901181.xml 23 March 2026
- Bill 415 2024-26 (as brought from the House of Lords) 27 March 2026
- 5901187.pdf 16 April 2026
- Bill 428 2024-26 (Lords Insistence, Disagreement, Reasons, Non-insistence and Amendments in Lieu) - pdf 20 April 2026
- 5901192.pdf 22 April 2026
- Bill 432 2024-26 (Lords Insistence, Disagreement and Reason) - pdf 23 April 2026
- 5901196.pdf 27 April 2026
- 5901198.pdf 28 April 2026
- Bill 441 2024-26 Lords Insistence, Disagreement and Reason - pdf 28 April 2026
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 255 EN 2024-25 5 June 2025
- HL Bill 152 Explanatory Notes · 5901152en.pdf 5 December 2025
- Bill 415 EN 2024-26 10 April 2026
Impact Assessments
- Impact Assessment from the Department for Work and Pensions 6 June 2025
- Impact Assessment from the Department for Work and Pensions (updated July 2025) 8 July 2025
- Pension Schemes Bill Impact Assessment from W&P.pdf 5 December 2025
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Delegated Powers Memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions 5 June 2025
- PensionSchemesBillDPM.pdf 5 December 2025
- PensionSchemesBillSuppDPM.pdf 3 February 2026
- PensionSchemesBillSecondSuppDPM.pdf 10 March 2026
Briefing papers
- Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25 3 July 2025
- Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill 26 November 2025
- Pension Schemes Bill: HL Bill 152 of 2024–26 15 December 2025
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 24 October 2026 | 541b1f73bb7fe614… |
| Bills API: stages | 24 October 2026 | 7a2a27f271b65585… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | d283d07c8b55eba2… |