HL Deb 11 June 1992 vol 537 cc87-8WA
Baroness Stedman

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps are being taken to assist the pensioners of the various Maxwell pension funds whose pension payments have already ceased, or are due to cease in June; and

Whether they are prepared to legislate under Section 58B of the Social Security Act 1990 to secure the return of the Maxwell pension funds.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security) Lord Henley

The noble Baroness will be pleased to note the measures which my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Social Security announced on Monday 8th June in his statement about the framework of law and regulation of occupational pension schemes and about the plight of Maxwell pensioners which I repeated in this House (cols. 1116–1129 of theOfficial Report).