"We are close to getting a negotiated agreement, " he added, during Lords second reading of the Superannuation Bill, which has already cleared the Commons.

BBC: Superannuation Bill

Opening the first debate on the Superannuation Bill on 7 September 2010, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude said the current scheme was no longer affordable.

BBC: Superannuation Bill part 1

"Members of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme (USS) see their pension contributions as deferred salary and the pension provision as part of their remuneration packet, " she added.

BBC: The lecturers' union is willing to negotiate

The Superannuation Bill proposes capping compulsory redundancies in the civil service at a maximum of one year's salary, and voluntary exit payments will be limited to 15 months' pay.

BBC: Superannuation Bill part 2

But after the Superannuation Bill was given a third reading by 309 votes to 242, a government majority of 67, that provisional deal will be enforced if a binding agreement cannot be reached.

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