FROZEN PENSIONS

Early day motion 529, tabled 17 January 2005 by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 96 members.

That this House believes that British pensioners living in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe suffer unfairly because the value of their pensions is frozen and not up-rated annually in line with inflation; notes that approximately 480,000 out of Britain's 900,000 expatriate pensioners live in these five countries; considers that treating these pensioners differently from those living in other countries is a grave injustice; and urges the Government to expand the up-rating of pensions for all British pensioners living abroad.

Signatures by party: Labour 45, Liberal Democrat 31, Conservative 9, DUP 3, UUP 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1.