Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Debate

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Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England)

Nadhim Zahawi Excerpts
Monday 15th December 2014

(10 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I will take an intervention from my hon. Friend.

Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)
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Labour is pretending to be outraged. Will my hon. Friend confirm that firefighters retiring at the age of 55 under the new scheme will see a significantly smaller reduction in their pension compared with the scheme introduced by Labour in 2006? Enough of this false outrage: let us talk about the substantive issue.

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I will come on to the point about fitness shortly.