Pensions For Elected Councillors

EDM number 659 in 2002-03, proposed by Alan Meale on 05/02/2003.

That this House applauds the Government's recent decision to accept the principle that elected councillors could become members of the Local Government Pension Scheme from April 2002; is however concerned that recently-issued consultation documents have not included any powers to award additional service upon entry to the scheme, thereby preventing any recognition of and provision for those councillors who have already served local government for many years; believes that councillors should be able to transfer pension rights into their scheme from previous employment, to transfer out pension rights accrued as a councillor and to purchase added years' service into the scheme similar to local government officials; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to add such options to the consultation process.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.