Defined benefit and defined contribution provision both have their place and it is not for the Government, or the NAPF for that matter, to tell employers what sort of provision they should make for their employees.

BBC: Peter Thompson's speech

Standard Life said it was "well positioned to benefit from the ongoing shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pension provision" in the country.

BBC: Canadian boost for Standard Life

And there will also be a short debate on the contribution of academies and free schools to educational provision in the United Kingdom.

BBC: Week ahead

That is, all sorts of employer-sponsored provision, whether defined benefit, defined contribution or hybrid.

BBC: Peter Thompson's speech

On Thursday morning, Mr Thompson attacked the government for specifically failing to recognise the contribution of these employer-sponsored schemes, which had been the "cornerstone of pension provision for millions of workers in the last few decades".

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