§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps will be taken to ensure that public service pensions retain their purchasing power and maintain their level with other types of pension.
§ Mr. Harold LeverI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary gave to the hon. Member for St. Albans (Mr. Goodhew) on 21st November, when he drew attention to the Financial Secretary's speech on the Public Service and Armed Forces Commission Bill on 3rd February, and to the significance of the fact 181W that most public service pensioners them selves receive the ordinary retirement pension.—[Vol. 754, c. 1124–25]