division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [Un-allotted Half Day] &#8212; Public Sector Pensions
motion: <p class="" pid="a.431.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.431.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House recognises and appreciates the valuable work done by public sector workers; believes that they should receive pensions which are affordable, sustainable and fair; further believes that the changes announced since June 2010 by the Government are primarily for the purposes of deficit reduction rather than a move to secure the long-term sustainability of public sector pensions; notes that these changes are unfair on public sector workers who will have to work longer, pay more and receive less in their pension when they retire; further notes the findings of the National Audit Office that the 2007-08 pensions re-negotiation changes will generate estimated savings of 14 per cent. by 2059-60 and the conclusions of the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts&#8217; Thirty-eighth Report of this Session on the Impact of the 2007-08 changes to public sector pensions (HC 833), that the cost of public service pensions has reduced substantially because of these changes; agrees with criticism in both reports of the failure to develop a long-term strategy for the role of pensions in recruitment and retention to the public sector; condemns the Government&#8217;s threat to cut devolved administrations&#8217; budgets if they do not implement the Government&#8217;s immediate levy on pensions contributions; and calls on the Government to reverse its unfair changes to public sector pensions.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.482.5/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put forthwith, </i>That the Question be now put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.482.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Question agreed to.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.482.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question accordingly put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.482.5/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.482.5/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 11, Noes 242.</p>