§ Mr. Palmerasked the Secretary of State for Energy which nationalised industries for which his Department is responsible increase the pensions of their employees by the following methods (a) under the statutory obligations of section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, (b) under their respective trust deeds as if under the 1975 Act, (c) by fully increasing pensions in other forms and (d) by awarding discretionary increases.
§ Mr. David HowellThat is a matter for the industries themselves.