§ Mr. Spellerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the earnings rule in relation to retirement pensioners.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have been asked to reply.
The latest estimate made was given in my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochester and Chatham (Mrs. Fenner) on 7 August 1980.—[Vol. 990, c. 283.]