PENSIONS INCREASE (REVIEW) ORDER 2011

Early day motion 1629, tabled 17 March 2011 by Ed Miliband (Labour). Signed by 94 members.

That this House considers that the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 827) which was laid before this House on 17 March 2011 should be withdrawn because the Order requires the uprating of public sector pensions using the consumer price index, replacing the retail price index which the Government has indicated will be a permanent change; notes that the Government has refused to heed arguments that a temporary three year change to the index used would represent a fair contribution from benefits and pension recipients, at a time when wage growth generally is suppressed, to reducing the deficit whilst not unfairly impacting on their incomes over the longer term; but regrets that the Government has instead indicated that the change is permanent, leaving public sector workers and the poorest in society disadvantaged permanently, yearafter year, even once the deficit is gone and earnings growth has returned.

Signatures by party: Labour 88, Scottish National Party 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.