§ Mr. HowardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2003,Official Report, columns 371–72W, on benefits uprating, if he will make a statement on the role intended for RPIX in the uprating of the basic state pension. [121552]
§ John HealeyI refer the right hon. and learned Gentleman to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 9 June 2003,Official Report, column 414, in which he confirmed that pensions and benefits will be calculated on exactly the same basis as now.