To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether services offered by the travel insurance industry discriminate against older people. (138394)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 April 2007, Official Report, column 408W, to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew).

The Government’s Discrimination Law Review are currently considering whether there is a case for prohibiting age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services, including insurance. The Government expect to publish a Green Paper shortly.