Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England)

Debate between Penny Mordaunt and Nadhim Zahawi

Monday 15th December 2014 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

I will take an intervention from my hon. Friend.

[Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)]

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]

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