Stephen Mosley
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Mr Speaker
Order. There are far too many noisy private conversations taking place. The House will want to hear Stephen Mosley.
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
T3. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the Minister update the House on the progress of negotiations with the trade unions on public sector pension reform?
Mr Maude
We have made progress and my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary and I met the TUC again this morning. My right hon. Friend will make a statement to the House later. As I said, our intention is that public sector pensions will continue to be among the very best available, but fair both to public sector staff and to the general taxpayer, who has had to bear an increasing burden of the cost of paying for these pensions in recent years.