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  Public Service Pensions Bill - Clause 9 - Power to Alter Public Sector Pension Ages Following Capability Reviews
  
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  @ MP voted no against empowering ministers to adjust the normal pension ages of those in certain public sector roles following a capability review. 
  @ MP voted aye to empower ministers to adjust the normal pension ages of those in certain public sector roles following a capability review. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against empowering ministers to adjust the normal pension ages of those in certain public sector roles following a capability review. 
  
  MPs were considering the Public Service Pensions Bill.[1] The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment: 16, in clause 9, page 5, line 29, at end insertâ
  
  :â(2A) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply in relation to any category of public service worker as the Secretary of State may by order specify following the publication of a scheme specific capability review.â.
  
  At the time of the vote subclauses 9(1) and 9(2) [2] stated:
  
  :(1) The normal pension age of a person under a scheme under section 1 must beâ
  :(a) the same as the personâs state pension age, or
  :(b) 65, if that is higher.
  
  :(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation toâ
  :(a) fire and rescue workers who are firefighters,
  :(b) members of a police force, and
  :(c) members of the armed forces.
  
  :The normal pension age of such persons under a scheme under section 1 must be 60.
  
  The amendment sought to empower ministers to disapply subsection 1 in relation to other classes of workers following a "scheme specific capability review". 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/publicservicepensions.html Parliament's webpage on the Public Service Pensions Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0095/cbill_2012-20130095_en_2.htm#pb3-l1g9 Clause 9 of the Public Service Pensions Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
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