Universities Superannuation Scheme

EDM number 1330 in 1992-93, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 04/02/1993.

That this House welcomes the fact that academic and academic-related staff within universities who saw active service during the Second World War are currently entitled to count half the time they served as reckonable service for pension purposes; notes that this does not apply to academic and academic-related staff who did peacetime conscripted National Service; further notes that many of those who did peacetime National Service were involved in active service in Malaya, Korea and Suez; believes that extending the Universities Superannuation Scheme to cover those involved in peacetime conscripted National Service is morally justified and would not be too much of a financial burden, since the numbers involved would be finite, and over the age of 50 years; and calls on the Government to ensure that all those who did conscripted National Service who qualify for the Universities Superannuation Scheme are treated equally for pension purposes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.