§ Mr. Patrick Jenkinasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will now name a date from which occupational pension scheme improvements going beyond the minimum necessary to allow contracting out may become effective.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerUnder the TUC proposals for the period from 1st August improvements in occupational pension schemes up to the contracting out level provided for in the Social Security Pensions Act can be implemented outside the pay figure. I cannot say when it may be possible to go beyond this.