Consultation display

From now until the publication of the final Determination in May 2015, the Remuneration Board will be consulting Assembly Members on all aspects of their remuneration. This is the first of a two-part consultation specifically on pensions, but in the context of wider remuneration, which seeks your views to assist us in designing a modern pension scheme that is in line with best practice:

• Phase 1: A high level consultation which includes questions on certain proposals and provides a broad outline of the type of scheme that could be introduced; and

• Phase 2: Following analysis of phase 1 consultation responses, we will issue a detailed public consultation on a proposed pension scheme.

The attached consultation paper, which includes a summary of our proposals, invites you to submit your views to inform our deliberations. The evidence we gather from this consultation will be considered very carefully by the Board. We therefore strongly encourage Assembly Members, members of the National Assembly for Wales Members’ Pension Scheme and all other stakeholders, to engage with us. The consultation will close on Wednesday 21 May 2014. Responses should be sent to the Clerk to the Remuneration Board, whose contact details can be found on the inside cover of this document.

Disclosure of Information

It is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee.  Consequently your response may appear in a report or in supplementary evidence to a report.  The National Assembly will not publish information which it considers to be personal data.

In the event of a request for information submitted under UK legislation, it may be necessary to disclose the information that you provide.  This may include information which has previously been removed by the National Assembly for publication purposes.

If you are providing any information, other than personal data, which you feel is not suitable for public disclosure, it is up to you to stipulate which parts should not be published and to provide a reasoned argument to support this.  The National Assembly will take this into account when publishing information or responding to requests for information.