§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will estimate the number of surviving relatives of former hon. Members who may have suffered financial loss as a result of the delay in implementing the Senior Salaries Review Body's recommendations in improvements in the hon. Members' pension scheme; and if he will make a statement. [35318]
§ Mr. NewtonThe proposal I put to the House envisages implementing the increase in death-in-service benefit with effect from 1 April 1995. This is one month after I received the report of the Senior Salaries Review Body. The period in question would affect one surviving relative, but no dependants.