Defence - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 December 2003.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Report
Summary
1 Introduction
Background to the inquiry
Lack of progress
2 Cost basis for schemes
Cost neutrality
Interpretation: mortality assumptions
Interpretation: change in the preserved pension
age
3 Differences from consultation proposals
Welcome improvements
Dependants' benefits
Unmarried partners' benefits
How these improvements will be funded
Early Departure Scheme
Treatment of officers and other ranks
Compensation proposals
Standard and burden of proof
Focus on the severely disabled
Tariff bands for compensation payments
Methodology for assessing awards
4 Transition
Communications with personnel
Shortcomings needing to be addressed
Choice for serving personnel on pensions
No choice for serving personnel on compensation
Preserved pension age: a change for existing
personnel?
Timescale to implementation
5 Legislation
Primary and secondary legislation: an enabling
bill?
Parliamentary oversight of secondary legislation
Future amendments and replacement schemes
Super-affirmative procedure: legislating
for consultation and scrutiny
Preparation for the passage of a bill
6 Legacy issues
Treatment of former personnel and their dependants
Possible remedies
Future 'legacy' issues?
Compensating personnel whose pensions were
improperly taxed
7 Conclusion
A special case
Opportunity to work
A few winners, but many losers
Parliament's role
Conclusions and recommendations
Glossary
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Reports from the Defence Committee since
2001
ORAL EVIDENCE
Wednesday 5 November 2003
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
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