§ 52. Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when a reply may be expected to the section of the Report of the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner relating to pension increases for persons living abroad, paragraphs 33 to 35 of House of Commons Paper No. 379 of 1972–73.
§ Mr. DeanThese paragraphs contain an expression of opinion and do not call for a reply. The committee was made aware that it has been the policy of successive Governments to restrict the payment of pension increases abroad to persons living in countries with which we have appropriate reciprocal agreements.