HM Treasury News Release
121/97                                        10 October 1997
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             TREASURY PUBLISHES PENSION FIRM PLANS

The Treasury has today published the responses from 17 pension
firms which set out their strategies for speeding up the
review of pension cases.

The responses were requested by the Economic Secretary, Helen
Liddell when she met senior representatives of the firms on
the 18 September.

The firms were: Albany Life, AXA Equity and Law, Berkeley,
Burns Anderson, Canada Life, Commercial Union, Countrywide,
DBS, Financial Options, Friends Provident, Godwins, Hill
Samuel, IFA Network, M&E Network, Midland Bank, Standard Life,
Wesleyan.

NOTE TO EDITORS

1.   Media copies of the pension firms responses are available
from the Treasury Press Office on 0171 270 5185.

2.   Non-media copies are available from the Treasury Public
Enquiry Unit on 0171 270 4558.