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Proceeding contribution from Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 March 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Occupational Pensions.

Occupational Pensions

I have been raising this issue in the House since shortly after I was first elected to Parliament in 2001, on behalf of my constituents who work for Dema Glass, Coalite and Chesterfield Cylinders, who have been robbed of their occupational pensions. Some of those people, including a Labour councillor, have saved into the schemes for more than 40 years, but now they will have to live in poverty in retirement. Will the Minister undertake to meet some of my constituents, and others, to explain in person why he is rejecting the independent expert opinion of the ombudsman and why, despite repeated Government assurances, those pensions were not safe and not guaranteed?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
443 c1637 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Compensation Department for Work and Pensions Department of Social Security Liability Leaflets Maladministration Workplace pensions Misrepresentation Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Pension funds Pension rights
Legislation
Pensions Act 1995
Link
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