§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on pension transfers from the public sector with specific reference to the ECJ Beckmann case. [62995]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 20 June 2002]: The Government are currently giving consideration to the decision in the case of Katia Beckman and Dynamco Whicheloe Macfarlane Ltd. delivered by the ECJ on 4 June 2002 in the context of other revisions to the TUPE Regulations following the consultation exercise undertaken at the end of last year.
687WThe outcome of the consultation and decisions taken in the light of the responses received will be announced in due course.