HC Deb 11 January 1994 vol 235 c184W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what rates of growth net of contributions have been achieved by coal industry pension funds in each of the last 15 years; and in which of these a guarantee would have had to have been effected if his present proposals had been in operation.

Mr. Eggar

The performance of the British Coal pension funds and their record of deficiencies and surpluses are matters for the trustees of the pension schemes.