§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will list the foreign countries where current British pensions are paid at the full rate to British nationals.
§ Mr. PentlandThe countries with which we have reciprocal agreements for the payment of our pensions at the rates current here, andvice versa, are: Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why official pensions are not paid at the full rate to British nationals resident in the Channel Isles.
§ Mr. PentlandUnder our Agreement with Jersey, anyone in that island who is entitled to a National Insurance pension from the United Kingdom receives it at a rate determined under the ordinary rules for pensioners who are not resident in the United Kingdom or at the rate which would be payable under the Jersey scheme, if this is higher. National Insurance pensioners in the other islands receive their pensions at rates determined under the ordinary rules. But my right hon. Friend hopes that the new scheme of social insurance which started in Guernsey this month will provide an opportunity of negotiating a further reciprocal agreement.