§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on what date he issued the consultative document on age-related rebates; what time scale he laid down for responses; and which bodies and organisations were consulted on the document.
§ Mr. HagueI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South Hams (Mr. Steen) on 10 December 1993 at column408. Several hundred copies of the consultation document have been issued to a wide variety of interested organisations and individuals.