Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 22 October 2019.
Mary Creagh
Chair, Environmental Audit Committee, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to guarantee beneficiaries bonuses.
Kwasi Kwarteng
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
We are considering the proposals from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme regarding protection for bonuses that have already accrued, and we will report back to the House in due course.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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