Basic Pension Plus

HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc695-6W

Mr. Leigh

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on basic pension plus proposals. [19816]

The Prime Minister

The Government's proposals for basic pension plus will bring about the largest extension of personal ownership since the spread of home ownership and will provide secure pensions for the increasing number of elderly people in the next century.