HL Deb 27 November 2000 vol 619 c106WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will reconsider their policy on the uprating of national insurance retirement pensions earned by United Kingdom citizens now resident in Commonwealth countries in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's recently announced size of the surplus on Government Accounts for the year 1999–2000 and the likelihood of continuing surpluses. [HL4681]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

No.