MPs debate compensation for Equitable Life policyholders
20 March 2017
Bob Blackman will opened the debate.
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Motion debated and approved
"That this House welcomes the Government's acceptance in full of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's findings in relation to its maladministration with regard to Equitable Life; notes that the Parliamentary Ombudsman recommended that policyholders should be put back in the position they would have been had maladministration not occurred; further notes that the overwhelming majority of victims have only received partial compensation compared to the confirmed losses directly attributed to regulatory failures; regrets that the Government made no further funding available in the Spring Budget 2017; and calls on the Government to make a commitment to provide full compensation to victims of the scandal as the economy continues to recover."
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