Insurance

Lorely Burt
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to establish a means-tested hardship fund for policyholders following the near-collapse of Equitable Life.

Ian Pearson
As my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, told this House on 3 December 2008, Official Report, column 38, there will be a statement on Equitable Life before the House rises at Christmas.