§ Lords amendment: No. 63, in page 38, line 41, at end insert "or described".
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§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Mr. Kenneth Clarke)I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Bernard Weatherill)With this we may take Lords amendments Nos. 83 and 84.
§ Mr. ClarkeThese are drafting amendments, dealing with a point that arose in our earlier debates. The point deals with various pension schemes and arrangements falling within the BR 1974 pension fund and the NFC 1978 pension fund. Those funds are the main supplementation schemes which were set up to deal with the problem of the inflation-proofing of these pensions. The arrangements under those two funds are sometimes described in general terms rather than being specified precisely in the trust deeds that established them.
The amendments are intended to put it beyond doubt that all the schemes and arrangements within the funds are eligible for support under the Bill. The particular problem is that the amendments are necessary to cover future schemes of supplementation.
§ Question put and agreed to.