Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to introduce legislation to render uniform the treatment of war service for superannuation purposes in public employment as between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and to what extent such legislation will be retrospective.
§ Dr. BoysonWar service is already given uniform treatment. Regulations will be soon be made to recognise the war service of people who left local government schemes in Great Britain after 1950 but were still in public sector employment elsewhere in 1978; comparable legislation will be introduced for Northern Ireland.
If the right hon. Gentleman has a particular case in mind, I shall be happy to look into it.