§ Mr. Grant-Ferrisasked the Secretary of State for Defence, in view of the fact that certain major oil companies are taking steps to avoid the discharge of oil into the sea, what action the Royal Navy intend to take on this matter.
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STANDARD RATE OF RETIREMENT PENSION EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE EARNINGS* IN EACH YEAR SINCE 1951 Date Percentage of men's average earnings Percentage of women's average earnings Pension at single rate Pension for a couple October— 1951† … … 18.1 30.1 33.3 1951‡ … … 15.7 25.3 28.9 1952 … … 18.2 30.3 33.7 1953 … … 17.2 28.5 31.7 1954 … … 15.9 26.4 30.0 1955 … … 17.9 29.2 34.7 1956 … … 16.8 27.3 32.5 1957 … … 15.9 25.8 30.9 1958 … … 19.5 31.2 37.3 1959 … … 18.4 29.5 35.5 1960 … … 17.2 27.5 33.7 1961 … … 18.7 30.1 37.2 1962 … … 18.1 29.2 35.8 1963 … … 20.2 32.5 40.1 * Based on the Ministry of Labour's half-yearly inquiries into the earnings of manual workers in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries. † For pensioners over age 65 (60 for women) on 1st October, 1951. ‡ For pensioners who reached age 65 (60 for women) after 1st October, 1951.
§ Mr. HayRoyal Fleet Auxiliary tankers carry only refined oil, to which the proposals announced by certain oil companies are not intended to apply. The Navy Department have, however, always been well aware of this problem, and our present policy is to fit separators, which remove the necessity to discharge oil into the sea, to tankers constructed for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service. In addition all Navy Department oil depots possess facilities for the reception and disposal of oil sullage and the provisions of the 1954 Convention on Oil Pollution are observed.