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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale05/02/2003MansfieldLabourProposed
Martin Smyth06/02/2003Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Eric Illsley06/02/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Tom Cox06/02/2003TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/02/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cummings06/02/2003EasingtonLabourSigned
Terry Davis06/02/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey06/02/2003West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes06/02/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Syd Rapson07/02/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean07/02/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Keith Vaz10/02/2003Leicester EastLabourSigned
Tony Banks11/02/2003West HamLabourSigned
Tony Clarke12/02/2003Northampton SouthLabourSigned
David Clelland12/02/2003Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Ian Davidson12/02/2003Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Hamilton12/02/2003MidlothianLabourSigned
Vera Baird12/02/2003RedcarLabourSigned
Roy Beggs12/02/2003East AntrimUUPSigned
Michael Clapham13/02/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis28/02/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Etherington12/03/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson20/03/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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