Myra Leese
Four times? Really? Have you told SofS? He says it's three times. No wonder we are all a little confused. Perhaps he was thinking about AFPS05 and hadn't caught up with the fact that the original proposal for "three times" was increased to "four times" during the Commons Select Committee stage of the Bill (or the Act, as it is now). Whatever the truth, SofS's officials surely wouldn't allow him to be seen making incorrect or confusing statements, would they? And surely, they would have made sure that all the Service Personnel and Pension staffs were aware of the statement about to be made, and the implications, before it hit the streets, wouldn't they? And those staffs would have all the necessary answers to the obvious questions ready and waiting, wouldn't they? Dear me, I am feeling quite faint. I had better sit down.
Living in hope of greater clarity.
Ginseng