HL Deb 03 April 2001 vol 624 cc113-4WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hollis of Heigharn on 29 March (WA 58), whether the principal reason why the retirement pensions for United Kingdom pensioners living in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are not uprated is that the United Kingdom has no reciprocal agreements which allow for upratings; and, if so, what initiatives they have taken, or plan to take, to negotiate such reciprocal agreements. [HL1537]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)

I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave him on 18 January 2001 (Official Report, col. WA 141).