Public Service Pensions

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:34 pm on 2 November 2011.

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Photo of Stephen Williams Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat, Bristol West 12:34, 2 November 2011

Both the Liberal Democrat manifesto, which my right hon. Friend authored, and the coalition agreement committed the Government to an independent review of pensions, and one cannot get more independent than the former Labour Secretary of State, Lord Hutton. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that what he has set out today is more generous to future pensioners and current employees than Lord Hutton recommended, while maintaining fairness for the taxpayer?