§ 42. Mr. McEnteeasked the Minister of Transport whether he will make inquiries of the London Passenger Transport Board as to whether they propose to extend the superannuation scheme which is now in operation for some of their employés to all workers on their regular staff?
§ Mr. BurginThe board inform me that all members of both sexes of their clerical, technical and supervisory staffs, who are not already members of an existing superannuation, endowment or pensions fund can become members of the London Transport (Administrative and Supervisory) Staff Superannuation Fund; the only exceptions are those debarred through ill-health or age. The board state that every member of the staff of whatever category who is not a member of one or other of the superannuation, endowment or pension funds to which the board contribute is, subject to the board's pleasure, eligible upon retirement to an ex gratia grant or pension, but that the financial burden of providing a pensions fund for the wages staff would be such that the board cannot contemplate incurring such an obligation at the present time.
§ Mr. McEnteeIs it not a fact that many of the operating staff taken over from public authorities are at present on the pension scheme, and is it not possible, in view of the very large revenue and profits that are being made by the board, to give the same benefits to all their employés as are now enjoyed by many of them?