We will not know that, because Chadwick's report was published after the general election. We had a series of steps that would have then been taken, but history went in a different direction because the spending review and the Budget were undertaken by a different party, not by our party in government. I am not saying that there are magic solutions to this issue. These are complex matters and there are technical reasons for both the methodologies that are being used in the compensation and the timings and the discussions around them. It is important to bear in mind the wider needs of the public purse. We have consistently said that and now the Government have come round to that point of view. I understand why they did.
Equitable Life (Payments) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Leslie
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 November 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Equitable Life (Payments) Bill.
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