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Mr. Rendel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what offer has been made by the Government to the BEST pension trustees; and what was the response; [82678]
(2) for what reasons the BEST pensions issue remains unresolved; [82677]
(3) how many meetings his officials have had with officials in other Government departments, regarding the BEST pension fund, since 15 September 1998. [82682]
Ms Glenda Jackson
Discussions about achieving a just out-of-court settlement of this issue are proceeding. We continue to attach high importance to bringing the discussion to a satisfactory conclusion without any unnecessary delay.Officials from other Departments have been kept fully informed of matters affecting their Departmental interests.