§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those Commonwealth countries with which reciprocal arrangements have not been entered into relating to the payment of pension to British pensioners living there.
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§ Dr. BoysonUnited Kingdom pensions are payable throughout the world but annual uprating increases are paid only if the pensioner is in another EC country or a country with which the United Kingdom has entered into a social security convention which enabled increases to be paid. We have entered into such conventions with the following Commonwealth countries: Cyprus, Jamaica, Malta and Mauritius. Our conventions with Australia and New Zealand do not cover the payment of uprating increases but may enable our pensioners there to qualify for those countries' pensions.