Clause 71
Pensions Bill
10:00 am
Andrew Selous (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; South West Bedfordshire, Conservative)
It was kind of the Minister to seek further clarification. He has in part answered my query. If he has just said that all Crown employees are already fully covered, I think that does go some way to answering my question. There is the question of bonuses. One reads quite regularly of high flying members of the public service being given large bonuses. The Child Support Agency senior staff were given bonuses quite recently, just to quote one example.
In an earlier provision we put into law that bonuses commissions will be part of the contribution that makes up personal accounts. It may be that this is already covered because public sector pensions for Crown employees are so wonderful anyway that it does not apply. I thought it would be remiss to go through clause 71 without at least probing the Minister and asking for some clarification.