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Business of the House

The autumn has long since gone but ““Now is the winter of our discontent”” because the Prime Minister reneged on a solemn commitment to the House, which was given in the debate on the Queen's Speech last week, that we would have an Equitable Life statement before Christmas. What are we to say to our constituents, most of whom are elderly and many of whom live on modest means? Indeed, some have already died. When will the Government make a statement to ensure that those people are able to live better in the future, because they have been seriously disadvantaged through no fault of their own?