HC Deb 27 October 1976 vol 918 cc662-4

Lords amendment: No. 48, in page 57, line 18, leave out from "Commission" to end of line 19 and insert— 9A. —(1) In this paragraph— the new Commission" means the Community Relations Commission; present Commission employee" means a person who immediately before the repeal date is employed by the Community Relations Commission established by section 25 of the Race Relations Act 1968; private pension scheme" means a scheme for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities other than one made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972; the repeal date" means the date on which the repeal of the Race Relations Act 1968 by this Act takes effect.

(2) If a present Commission employee enters the employment of the new Commission on the repeal date and on so doing elects to be covered for his service in that employment by a private pension scheme in which he was a participant in respect of his service in the employment of the Community Relations Commission established as aforesaid, the new Commission may make such payments towards the provision of benefits to or in respect of him under that scheme (or any other private pension scheme replacing it) as may be determined by the new Commission with the consent of the Secretary of State given with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service; and it shall be the duty of he new Commission and those Ministers in the exercise of their functions under this sub-paragraph to ensure that his rights under the scheme do not become less advantageous than they were when he entered the employment of the new Commission.

(3) Where a person who is employed by the new Commission and is in respect of that employment a participant in a private pension scheme becomes a Commissioner or an additional Commissioner, his service as a Commissioner or additional Commissioner may be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as an employee of the new Commission."

1.45 a.m.

Mr. John

I beg to move, as an amendment to the Lords amendment, in paragraph (1), leave out "Community Relations Commission" and insert "Commission for Racial Equality".

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to take the two following Government amendments to the Lords amendment.

Mr. John: The object is merely to restore the name of the Commission to "Commission for Racial Equality."

Amendment to the Lords amendment agreed to.

Amendments made to the Lords amendment: In paragraph (1) leave out established by section 25 of the Race Relations Act 1968".

In paragraph (2) leave out "established as aforesaid".— [Mr. John.]

Lords amendment, as amended, agreed to [Special Entry.]

Mr. Whitelaw

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Since all these amendments are consequential on what has happened before, would it be in order to put them all together?

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Certainly it would be of the greatest relief to the Chair.

Subsequent Lords amendment agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments disagreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendment agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments disagreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.

Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of their Amendments to the Bill: Mr. Merlyn Rees, Mr. John, Mr. Alison, Mr. Bates, and Mr. Whitelaw: Three to be the quorum.— [Mr. John.]

To withdraw immediately.

Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords amendments reported, and agreed to; to be communicated to the Lords.