Urgent question on sale of annuities: 19 October 2016
19 October 2016 (updated on 19 October 2016)
Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, asked an Urgent Question on why the Government has abandoned plans to allow savers to sell their annuities in return for a cash lump sum on Wednesday 19 October in the House of Commons.
Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Kirby, responded on behalf of the Government.
- Watch Parliament TV: Urgent Question on why the Government has abandoned plans to allow savers to sell their annuities in return for a cash lump sum
- Read Commons Hansard: Sale of annuities
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Pensions
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