HL Deb 04 July 2003 vol 650 c150WA
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether their proposed £1.4 million lifetime limit for preferential tax treatment on the capital value of the pension which someone could receive will apply to:

  1. (a) the Prime Minister;
  2. (b) the Speaker of the House of Commons;
  3. (c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and
  4. (d) all other individuals whose pensions are paid from public funds;
and, if the answer to any of these is no, why not. [HL3621]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

I refer the noble Lord to my Answer on 13 March 2003 to Lord Tebbit,Official Report, WA 190.