Dr. John M. Hearne:

When we met the Minister, he took on board what we were saying. It may have been aspirational or he may have wanted to progress this into the future but we have been advocating for our rights for 30 years. We got a letter on 13 October, after 30 years, from the pension provider stating that it does not have our option forms. In other words, it completely breached the Pensions Act 1990 by not giving us our forms. We were recognised by the pension provider in the period of 2009 to 2010 as deferred pension holders. As such, we should be included in Government compensations.