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Monday 28th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

Changes to the local government pension scheme that recently came into effect were debated in a statutory instrument Committee last week. During the debate, the Minister indicated that EU directive 41/2003 does not apply to the LGPS, yet a letter I have here from his own Department says that it does. Will he confirm that the directive does apply and that it has been applied?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Marcus Jones)]

I can assure the hon. Lady that the directive, we firmly believe, does not apply. If she would like to meet me to discuss the issue further, I would be more than happy to do so.