§ Mr. Easthamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place to consider possible ways to assist justices of the peace and others who, because of public service, sacrifice future pension entitlements when employers do not supplement normal pension rights during absence.
§ Mr. BrittanOfficials of the Home Office and other interested Departments have discussed the effects that long-term service might have on a justice's future State pension. Preliminary work is in hand to assess the scale of the problem.