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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 13 November 2012

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Public Service Pensions Bill


 

[Fifth and Sixth Sittings]


 

Clause 15 Agreed to.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  76

 

Schedule  4,  page  28,  line  36,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Sajid Javid

 

Agreed to  26

 

Schedule  4,  page  31,  line  45,  after ‘if’, insert—

 

‘(a)    

it is an injury or compensation scheme (within the meaning of the Public

 

Service Pensions Act 2013), or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Sajid Javid

 

Agreed to  27

 

Schedule  4,  page  32,  line  31,  after ‘if’, insert—

 

‘(a)    

it is an injury or compensation scheme (within the meaning of the Public

 

Service Pensions Act 2013), or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Not called  77

 

Schedule  4,  page  35,  line  10,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Sajid Javid

 

Agreed to  28

 

Schedule  4,  page  35,  line  26,  leave out ‘section 113 of the Pension Schemes Act

 

1993’ and insert ‘section 109 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 13 November 2012        

10

 

Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Negatived on division  50

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

A scheme under section 1 which replaces a defined benefit scheme may only be

 

established as a defined benefits scheme.’.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  51

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  1,  after ‘Treasury’, insert ‘reasonably’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  52

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  6,  leave out ‘negative’ and insert ‘affirmative’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Negatived on division  80

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

those members of public service pension schemes to be exempted from

 

the operation of subsection (1) as a result of scheme specific capability

 

reviews.’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  53

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

A person’s normal or deferred pension age under a scheme under section 1 will

 

not change by operation of this section unless 10 years’ or more notice of the

 

change has been given.’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  54

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(4B)    

The link between the state pension age and a person’s normal or deferred pension

 

age shall be regularly and independently reviewed to ensure that the link remains

 

appropriate in light of scheme members’ longevity.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 13 November 2012        

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Public Service Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Sajid Javid

 

Agreed to  8

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  7,  after ‘section 1’, insert ‘which is a defined benefits

 

scheme’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  55

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Treasury directions under subsection (2) shall take into account the individual

 

nature of each of the different funded schemes that make provision for local

 

government workers.’.

 

Sajid Javid

 

Agreed to  9

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  24,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

Scheme regulations for a scheme under section 1 which is not a defined benefits

 

scheme may provide for actuarial valuations to be made of the scheme and any

 

statutory pension scheme which is connected with it; and if they do, subsections

 

(2) to (4) apply.’.

 

Chris Leslie

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Withdrawn  56

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  24,  at end add ‘and with the written approval of the

 

Government Actuary.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Tuesday 20 November at 8.55am


 
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