§ Sir Anthony DurantTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish the paper on railway pensions to which he referred on 12 January,Official Report, column 794.
§ Mr. FreemanI am publishing the paper today and have placed copies in the Library. It confirms that there should be a joint industry pension scheme to succeed the present BR open scheme; that there should be arrangements to ensure that pensions to which present railway staff are now entitled are safeguarded; and that their future pension benefits should be no less favourable than in the present BR scheme. It also invites comments on two alternative arrangements proposed to secure the rights of railway pensioners and on other proposals made in the paper.