OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS

Early day motion 200, tabled 3 December 2003 by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour). Signed by 300 members.

That this House acknowledges the plight of workers who have lost their final salary occupational pensions schemes through company insolvency despite being promised by firms and successive governments that their pensions were guaranteed and in many cases having been compelled to join their scheme as a condition of employment; further believes that the Government has a moral and possibly legal obligation to help those workers who have been stripped of their pensions through no fault of their own; and further calls upon the Government to introduce legislation to compensate victims of this singular injustice.

Signatures by party: Labour 190, Liberal Democrat 47, Conservative 26, Labour/Co-operative 17, DUP 5, Scottish National Party 5, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 3, Independent 1, Independent Conservative 1, Independent Ulster Unionist 1.