§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to remedy the situation where the recipients of British pensions living overseas, and particularly in the United States of America, have lost much of the purchasing power of their pensions due to the devaluation of the £ sterling in recent months.
§ Mr. OrmePension rates are expressed in legislation in terms of sterling. Additional expenditure needed to allow for 665W changes in these rates in terms of other currencies could not be justified.