§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in future, indexation, where appropriate, of public service pay and pensions can be related to a new retail price index with the effects of tax on tobacco and alcoholic beverages removed.
§ Mr. Biffen[pursuant to the reply, 24 November, 1980]: Public service pay is not linked to the retail price index. The Government have no plans to relate public service pensions to a new retail price index. We shall, however, be reviewing their position in the light of the forthcoming Scott report.