HC Deb 22 October 1979 vol 972 c14W
Mr. Foster

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will seek to arrange for the effective date of the increase in the parliamentary pension to be 1 April 1979 and not 15 November 1979.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

The next increase in the parliamentary pension will be on 12 November 1979 when pensions under the new State pension scheme are up-rated. These arrangements apply to all retired public servants and I can see no grounds for treating the parliamentary pension differently.