Civil Service Pensions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait Nick Thomas-Symonds
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It is precisely because of that concern that I am looking to come back to the House in very short order to look at a range of options for this matter.

Calum Miller Portrait Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock) (LD)
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I declare an interest as a former civil servant and a future civil service pensioner. Many of my constituents are angry about this situation, like Gary, who waited more than six months and has now received a pension that is wrong, or the widower who has not received anything yet. I am glad that the Minister is angry, but let me ask him this: if a senior civil servant had been responsible for this scheme, would he not have sacked them? What is he doing to ensure that the chief executive, who has told him so many lies, loses their job?