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Electricity Supply Pension Scheme

EDM number 634 in 1998-99, proposed by Jonathan Shaw on 11/05/1999.

That this House is concerned at the stated intention of National Grid Co., to amend its group rules of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme so as to allow themselves , retrospectively, to profit from their failure to make payments to the fund, to cover deficiencies arising from the company's programme; notes that this was found to be unlawful by the Pension Ombudsman in the first instance, and finally by the Court of Appeal which upheld the complaints of Messrs Laws and Mayes against the company and trustees and that the 'wide' power of amendment, highlighted in the Appeal Court judgement of 10th February was contained in rules designed for a nationalised industry with ultimately democratic control of the employer by Parliament; and believes that now in the hands of private employers such powers have been abused by employers in their goal to keep their hands on the 'windfalls' raided from the pension fund.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jonathan R Shaw11/05/1999Chatham & AylesfordLabourProposed
Bob Russell12/05/1999ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones13/05/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones13/05/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Michie13/05/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes13/05/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Taylor13/05/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Audrey Wise13/05/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley13/05/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/05/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell14/05/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/05/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner17/05/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/05/1999LeighLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe18/05/1999Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Eric Clarke18/05/1999MidlothianLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/05/1999South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/05/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Tom Pendry20/05/1999Stalybridge & HydeLabourSigned
Ian Davidson20/05/1999Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Olner21/05/1999NuneatonLabourSigned
Angela Smith21/05/1999BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Syd Rapson21/05/1999Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood24/05/1999ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar24/05/1999Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Michael Connarty24/05/1999Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Tom Cox24/05/1999TootingLabourSigned
Dave Watts24/05/1999St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp25/05/1999Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
David Crausby25/05/1999Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ann Cryer25/05/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/05/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Norman Baker26/05/1999LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake08/06/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin08/06/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders09/06/1999TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell09/06/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraint Davies15/06/1999Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Martin Caton17/06/1999GowerLabourSigned
Michael Clapham23/06/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Frank Field05/07/1999BirkenheadLabourSigned
David DrewUnknownWithdrawn

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