HC Deb 24 July 1998 vol 316 cc722-3W
Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will make a statement on the up-rating of frozen pensions for British citizens living overseas. [51620]

Mr. Denham

There continue to be competing demands and constraints on Social Security spending in the UK. Therefore, we consider that it would be wrong to raise expectations that moves to unfreeze UK pensions paid abroad would be likely to attract priority in the current circumstances.