 Effectively, they were appointing the directors and staff, and, therefore, handling all the funds from the pension schemes.We are not discussing an arm's-length transaction.If legislation is to be drawn up, as I advocate in my Bill, that is precisely the sort of abuse that we should set out to prevent.”

Further interventions took place following which Hind stated, “While...people were investigating other people's pockets, Robert Maxwell had his hand in their pockets and was robbing them blind.