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Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012                  

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Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Sajid Javid

 

22

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  32,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘the state pension age link’ and insert ‘such

 

provision’.

 


 

New Clauses

 

Scheme participation

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

NC1

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Treasury shall commission an independent review into the appropriateness

 

of increased pension contributions if, following the full implementation of the

 

increases in employee contributions announced in the Government’s 2010

 

Spending Review, the number of members opting out of any public service

 

pension scheme increases by more than 5 per cent compared with the drop-out

 

rate in the 12 months immediately before any contribution increases were

 

implemented.’.

 


 

Pension policy groups

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

NC2

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Treasury shall make directions providing for the establishment of a pension

 

policy group for each scheme established under section 1.

 

(2)    

The pension policy groups will consider and advise on proposals to make

 

significant changes to scheme regulations.

 

(3)    

Treasury directions under subsection (1) shall establish a single pension policy

 

group relating to all schemes for local government workers.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012                  

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Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Review of standards of administration

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

NC3

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Treasury shall

 

commission an independent review into the standards of administration in public

 

service pension schemes and how those standards could be improved.

 

(2)    

The Treasury shall lay before Parliament the report produced by the review as

 

soon as reasonably practical after the report has been published.’.

 


 

Member communications

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

NC4

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Scheme regulations for a scheme under section 1 shall provide for the provision

 

of annual benefit statements to all members of the scheme.

 

(2)    

Benefit statements under subsection 1 shall show the following information—

 

(a)    

the members’ pension benefits earned to date;

 

(b)    

the projected annual pension and lump sum payments if the member

 

retires at his normal pension age; and

 

(c)    

the member’s and employer’s current contribution rates.’.

 


 

Fair deal

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

NC5

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Active members of public service pension schemes who have their contracts of

 

employment transferred to a private contractor or to another public sector

 

employer are entitled to accrue pension benefits in respect of their new

 

employment with the same or greater overall value as those benefits provided

 

under their previous public service pension scheme.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 6 November 2012                  

19

 

Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Sajid Javid

 

23

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  33,  page  17,  line  31,  at end insert ‘or injury and compensation benefits’.

 

Sajid Javid

 

24

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  33,  page  18,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

““injury or compensation scheme”: a pension scheme is an “injury or

 

compensation scheme” if it provides only for injury or compensation

 

benefits (or both).”.

 

 

Order of the House [29th OCTOBER 2012]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Public Service Pensions Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 22 November 2012.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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