Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Austin Mitchell (Labour), on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 73 members in total.

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RANK AND PENSION OF SOLDIERS KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

That this House, convinced that the courage and devotion to duty of members of the British armed forces who are killed while on active service for their country should be recognised and rewarded in every possible way, particularly by the pensions and help given to the families they leave behind, recommends that the Ministry of Defence's rule providing that pensions on promotion are payable only after the role for the new rank has been held for a year should be revoked for those killed in the service of their country, so that their families are paid the rate appropriate to the rank held at the time of death; and considers that the family of Sergeant Matthew Telford of Grimsby, promoted to the rank in June 2009 but killed by an assassin in Afghanistan in November of that year, along with Guardsman Jimmy Major of Cleethorpes and three other soldiers, should be paid the full pension appropriate to the rank he was proud to honour at the time of his death.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1053 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Paul Robert Holmes

Shona McIsaac

Ian Cawsey

Subjects

Armed forces Workplace pensions

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk