TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLAPSE OF ASTRA TRAINING SERVICES

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That this House notes that it is 10 years since the collapse of Astra Training Services following its privatisation by the then Conservative Government; notes that following the collapse all employees were made redundant and lost their pension entitlements; is concerned that former staff received contradictory advice about their pension situation; is further concerned that the staffs' pension contribution for June 1993 remains unaccounted for; and calls on the Government to launch an investigation into the events surrounding the collapse.