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LORDS NON-INSISTENCE AND AMENDMENT IN LIEU OF
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ARMED FORCES (PENSIONS AND COMPENSATION) BILL |
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[The page and line references are to HL Bill 70, the bill as first printed for the Lords.] |
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2 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| | | “Post-retirement marriages |
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| | As of 6th April 2005 widows, widowers and surviving registered |
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| | unmarried partners of all service personnel shall receive a full widows’ |
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| | forces family pension based on their spouses’ or partners’ length of service |
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| | and final salary, provided that their marriage took place before the service |
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| | personnel’s 60th birthday.” |
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| COMMONS DISAGREEMENT AND REASON |
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| | The Commons disagree to this Amendment for the following Reason— |
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2A | Because it would involve a charge on public funds, and the Commons do not offer any fur |
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| | ther Reason, trusting that this reason may be deemed sufficient. |
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| The Lords do not insist on their Amendment 2, to which the Commons have disagreed for |
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| | their Reason 2A, but do propose the following Amendment in lieu thereof— |
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2C | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| | “Post-retirement marriages |
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| | As of 6th April 2005 widows or widowers over the age of 75 of all service |
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| | personnel shall receive a full widows’ forces family pension based on their |
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| | spouses’ reckonable service and final salary, provided that their marriage |
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| | took place before the service personnel’s 60th birthday.” |
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