Members' Support Staff Pension Scheme

Part of 3. Questions to the Senedd Commission – in the Senedd at 3:17 pm on 6 July 2022.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 3:17, 6 July 2022

(Translated)

Commission staff are members of the civil service pension scheme, and that scheme is a statutory one, and so the Member support staff are not eligible for that specific scheme, namely the civil service scheme. In terms of what you as Members—. I heard other Members applauding what you said, Luke Fletcher. If you want to influence the pensions for support staff and the support staff want to look at that as well, then, as I've said, it's important for you to make representations and discuss those with the remuneration board, which is independent and which takes decisions on these issues, and it's not, as it happens, a matter for the Commission. So, I do encourage you, if you want to advocate on behalf of your staff, to let the remuneration board know about that.