§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date he expects to wind up the Carlisle and District State Management Scheme.
§ Mr. MaudlingIt is not possible to forecast an exact date while the legislation is still before Parliament.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an undertaking that all employed in the Carlisle and District State Management Scheme will be offered alternate jobs on the winding-up of the scheme, with full protection for their pension rights.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe intention is that, where possible, alternative employment will be found within the Civil Service and existing pension rights thereby preserved; and that otherwise appropriate compensation will be paid under the Superannuation Acts or by analogy with the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1965, whichever is the more favourable.