RETIREMENT PENSIONS (Hansard, 23 July 1986)

§ Mr. Major
I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

§ Mr. Deputy Speaker
With this we will consider Lords amendment No. 34, in page 22, line 16, at end insert— (5) For the purpose of determining the additional pension falling to be calculated under section 6 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 by virtue of section 7, 13 or 16(4) of that Act in a case where the deceased spouse died under pensionable age, the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of 'N' in section 6(2B)— 'N = the number of tax years which begin after 5th April 1978 and end before the date when entitlement to the additional pension commences, except that where—

(a) in a case in which the deceased spouse was a man, that number would be greater than 49; or

(b) in a case in which the deceased spouse was a woman, that number would be greater than 44, N = 49 or 44, as the case may be;'.

(6) For the purpose of determining the additional pension falling to be calculated under section 6 of that Act by virtue of section 14 of that Act (invalidity pension for persons under pensionable age), the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of 'N' in section 6(2B)— 'N = the number of tax years which begin after 5th April 1978 and end before the first day of entitlement to the additional pension in the period of interruption of employment in which that day falls except that where—

(a) in a case in which the person entitled to the pension is a man, that number would be greater than 49; or

(b) in a case in which the person so entitled is a woman, that number would be greater than 44,

N = 49 or 44, as the case may be;'.

§ Mr. Major
The amendments to clause 17 are all of a technical or drafting nature.
Amendment No. 33 is consequential on the provisions in clause 72 and schedule 8, which relate to earnings factors.
Amendment No. 34 modifies the calculations for SERPS, additional pensions for widow's and invalidity pensions to ensure that they are made on the same basis as for a person reaching pensionable age in the same year.