In respect of the department’s report entitled Review into Military Superannuation Arrangements, dated 24 December 2007: when will he provide a response to its recommendations and to the subsequent public submissions on these recommendations.

The Review into Military Superannuation Arrangements and the subsequent submissions from public consultation are under active consideration by the Government. The proposed reforms are complex and carry with them possible major budgetary implications. The Government will have full regard to those considerations before providing its response, the timing of which has yet to be decided.