I propose to take Questions Nos. 190, 191 and 208 together.
The revised proposals for agreement on the pay and conditions of teachers under clause 2 (iii) of annex 1 of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work include a proposal for the purchase for superannuation purposes of incremental service given by teachers when they were eligible to join the secondary teachers' superannuation scheme but did not do so. The proposal provides for the purchase of such service at the normal contribution rate of 6½ per cent (5 per cent for teachers who are not members of the spouses' scheme).
The proposal is confined to actual incremental service given in schools and would not apply to the purchase for superannuation purposes of any other service.