§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate as to the effect on future funds of the Maastricht pensions protocol overriding the Barber judgment on equal treatment in pensions.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe protocol to article 119 of the treaty of Rome, which was agreed at Maastricht, is intended to clarify the retrospective effect of the Barber judgment—it does not overturn the judgment. The full implications of the protocol are still being considered.