Reciprocal Pension Arrangements (Canada)

HC Deb 22 June 1979 vol 968 cc735-6W

Mrs. Fenner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress he has made with reciprocal pension arrangements with Canada.

Mr. Prentice

Any reciprocal agreement aimed at raising United Kingdom pensions paid in Canada to the rates payable in the United Kingdom after November 1979 would require additional United Kingdom expenditure of over £14 million a year. In view of the constraints on public expenditure, no financial pro-vision for this amount has been made and no discussions are in progress at present.