The Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science discussed draft laws on basic social pensions, changing pension amounts from the social insurance fund, and employment on Tuesday.

Members decided that the basic social pension issue should be taken up by the MPP and DP caucuses, and postponed further discussion by the committee.

In discussions in Parliament and standing committees, some MPs have criticized the draft law on basic social pensions because it does not address an inequity in pensions received by workers who retired before and after 1995. Therefore, the committee decided that the draft law should be discussed by the party caucuses.