State Pensions: Canada Free Trade Agreement

Viscount Waverley Excerpts

Wednesday 18th October 2023 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

I can reassure my noble friend that I have received my own letter: actually, it happened to be today, because we have been away. I am already on it and I will certainly be replying to it. I shall be passing it to my officials and making sure that there is a response, and I will certainly make sure that my noble friend is copied in.

[Viscount Waverley (CB)]

My Lords, can the Minister help me understand why pension arrangements have anything to do with free trade agreements?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

If I have not said it before, I assure the noble Viscount that actually the two are separate: social security arrangements linking to pensions are separate from free trade agreements. I think I alluded to that in one of my answers, but let me make it completely clear.