I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. We originally set aside £400 million for the financial assistance scheme. We have now set aside a further £1.9 billion to address the problem more satisfactorily. That is a generous and proper response to the plight in which many people have found themselves, with which Members on both sides of the House have great sympathy.
Pensions Reform
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hutton of Furness
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 27 June 2006.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Pensions Reform.
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