§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent discussions he has had with insurers, banks and building societies who advised on and sold under-performing endowment policies on redress for the purchasers of endowment policies which have underperformed; [127361]
(2) if he will make it his policy to provide financial assistance to those people with projected shortfalls on their endowment mortgage policies. [127360]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (Mr. Edwards) on 23 May 2000,Official Report, columns 415–16W.