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Equitable Life

I thank the Minister for the letter that he sent to each member of the all-party group, which I found quite useful. In that response he states:""I am currently of the view that it is neither desirable nor administratively feasible to means test every individual policyholder."" Does that mean that the payment, whenever it comes, will directly relate to the pension that policyholders paid for and expected but did not get, or can we anticipate some other artificial reshuffle of the moneys paid?