§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the statement made by the Lord Bach on 2 November (HL Deb, col. 166) that, if the amendment to the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill to vouchsafe, after next April, continuance of the burden and standard of proof used in the current war pensions scheme for claims for war or war widows' pensions was approved by the House of Lords it would mean that the Bill would fall, and the ministerial statement to the same effect in the House of Commons, were endorsed by the Cabinet and backed by the Prime Minister. [HL4891]
§ Lord BachIt is not the Government's practice to publish details of proceedings in Cabinet or of internal discussions within government. I am therefore withholding that information under Exemption 2 of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.