HC Deb 14 January 1993 vol 216 cc814-5W
Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) where and on what date the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Order 1992 was first published;

(2) when he first announced his intention to make the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Order 1992;

(3) on what date and through which media he has taken steps to publicise to the general public the terms of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Order 1992.

Miss Widdecombe

The legislation was announced in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Mr. Hayes) on 17 December at columns 369–70, and through a press release and letter to Members of the central advisory committee the same day. The legislation was laid before Parliament on 18 December 1992 and published by HMSO on 6 January 1993.