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Public Bill Committee: 13 November 2012
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Sajid Javid

13

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  23,  leave out from ‘authority’ to ‘service’ and insert

‘responsible for the scheme must make provision to secure that no benefits are provided

under the scheme to or in respect of a person in relation to the person’s’.

Sajid Javid

14

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘( )
Subsection (2) does not apply—

(a)
in relation to a public body pension scheme which is a defined

contributions scheme, or

(b)
to injury or compensation benefits.’.

Sajid Javid

15

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  25,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘responsible for the scheme’.

Sajid Javid

16

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  25,  leave out ‘closure’ and insert ‘provision made under

subsection (2)’.

Sajid Javid

17

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘( )
Provision made under subsection (2) or (3) may in particular be made by

amending the public body pension scheme.

( )
In subsection (2), the reference to benefits in relation to a person’s service

includes benefits relating to the person’s death in service.’.

Sajid Javid

18

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  29,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘responsible for the scheme’.

Sajid Javid

19

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  32,  leave out ‘the scheme closed under subsection (2)’ and

insert ‘a scheme to which this section applies’.

Sajid Javid

20

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  34,  leave out ‘a new scheme’ and insert ‘a new defined

benefits scheme in relation to the body or office’.

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

75

Clause  28,  page  14,  line  39,  leave out subsection (7)(b).

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Sajid Javid

41

Schedule  10,  page  54,  line  3,  leave out ‘Northern Lighthouse Board’ and insert

‘Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses’.

Sajid Javid

42

Schedule  11,  page  54,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘Lord Chancellor’s salary

2A  (1)
The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 is amended as follows.

      (2)
In section 1 (salaries), in subsection (2), for the words from “at such rate” to

the end there is substituted “of—

(a)
£68,827, where the Lord Chancellor is a member of the House

of Commons;

(b)
otherwise, £101,038.”

      (3)
In that section, after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6)
Where a person who holds office as Lord Chancellor (and to whom a

salary is accordingly payable under subsection (2)) is also the holder

of one or more other offices in respect of which a salary is payable

under this section, he shall only be entitled to one of those salaries.

(7)
If, in the case of a person mentioned in subsection (6), there is a

difference between the salaries payable in respect of the offices held

by him, the office in respect of which a salary is payable to him shall

be that in respect of which the highest salary is payable.”

      (4)
In section 1A (alteration of salaries), in subsection (1), after “section 1(1),”

insert “(2)(a) or (b),”.’.

Sajid Javid

43

Schedule  11,  page  55,  line  10,  leave out ‘Section 1’ and insert ‘Sections 1 and

3(1)’.

Sajid Javid

21

Clause  31,  page  15,  line  32,  leave out ‘the state pension age link’ and insert ‘such

provision’.

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Sajid Javid

22

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

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

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.’.

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Review of standards of administration

Chris Leslie

Cathy Jamieson

NC3

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

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

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘A member of a public service pension scheme is entitled to remain an active

member of that scheme following—

(a)
the compulsory transfer of his contract of employment to a private

contractor under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of

Employment) Regulations 2006; and

(b)
any subsequent compulsory transfer of his contract of employment.’.

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Maximum annual public pension

Richard Fuller

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘Employer contribution to any individual pension will cease when that pension

accured an actuarial value equivalent to an annual pension upon retirement age

equivalent to two times national gross average earnings as derived from the

Office for National Statistics.’.

Sajid Javid

23

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

Sajid Javid

24

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.

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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.

Order of the Committee [6 November 2012]

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 6

November) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 6 November;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 8 November;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 13 November;

(d)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 20 November;

(e)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 22 November;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence on Tuesday 6 November in

accordance with the following Table:

      TABLE

Time
Witness

Until no later than 9.45 am
Institute for Fiscal Studies

Intergenerational Foundation

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and

  Accountancy

Until no later than 10.15 am
UNISON

Unite

Until no later than 11.00 am
Trades Union Congress

GMB

British Medical Association

Until no later than 11.20 am
Lord Hutton of Furness

Until no later than 3.00 pm
Pension Policy Institute

National Association of Pension Funds

Association of Consulting Actuaries

Until no later than 4.00 pm
Confederation of British Industry

Prospect

Police Federation

Until no later than 4.45 pm
Local Government Association

Pensions Regulator

Until no later than 5.30 pm
National Union of Teachers

NASUWT

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1; Clause 22; Clause 2; Schedule 2;

Clause 3; Schedule 3; Clauses 4 to 6; Clauses 13 to 15; Schedule 4; Clauses

7 to 12; Clause 16; Schedule 5; Clause 17; Schedule 6; Clause 18; Schedule

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7; Clauses 19 to 21; Clauses 23 and 24; Schedule 8; Clauses 25 and 26;

Schedule 9; Clauses 27 and 28; Schedule 10; Clauses 29 and 30; Schedule 11;

Clauses 31 and 32; new Clauses; new Schedules; Clauses 33 to 38; remaining

proceedings on the Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 22 November.



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