§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further reciprocal arrangements are now being made with other countries to enable emigré retirement pensioners to receive pension increases.
§ Mr. DeanIt is hoped that the agreement with Austria will come into force on 1st October, 1972 and that a revised agreement with Guernsey and Jersey will come into force on 2nd October, 1972. Negotiations for an agreement with Jamaica are in their final stages. One effect of all these agreements will be that our full pension increases will be paid in future in the countries concerned. We have also made proposals for an agreement with Spain but have not yet reached the stage of negotiations.