HC Deb 16 July 1992 vol 211 cc863-4W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an assurance that when employees of British Rail transfer with their jobs to a new owner on privatisation their future pension entitlements will be no less than had they stayed as employees of British Rail.

Mr. Freeman

An assurance on pensions is given at paragraph 87 of the White Paper "New Opportunities for the Railways", Cm 2012, which was published on 14 July.