Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Francois and Pat Glass

Monday 14th January 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Francois]

You want brief answers, Mr Speaker: yes.

[Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)]

Will the new state pension arrangements that will be announced today and implemented in 2017 mean that a member of the armed services who is 13 years from retirement today will have to contribute for nine years at the higher level but not receive the state pension?

[Mr Francois]

We are working on the details of armed forces pension scheme 15 at the moment. We are still working on some of the fine detail, but I can already say—[Interruption.] Yes, I know, but we are still working on some of the fine detail for its implementation when it starts in 2015. I can already say that the Forces Pension Society has described the new pension as

“as good as it gets”.