Mr. CunninghamThis petition is from the Coventry branch of the British Pensioners and Trade Unions Action Association. It states:
That the Government has expressed a wish that pensioners should share in the rising national prosperity; that this should involve the linkage of pensions to earnings; that additional pensions should not be in the hands of private insurance companies; that the state should guarantee the security of future pensioners.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons enacts legislation to introduce a minimum state retirement pension of one third of average earnings for a single pensioner, and two thirds for a couple, and to restore the link between pension upratings and average earnings.
§ And the petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.