EQUITABLE LIFE

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That this House notes the findings by the Parliamentary Ombudsman of 10 counts of maladministration by Government Departments in relation to Equitable Life; expresses concern at the Government's failure to respond to the Ombudsman's report within its own specified timescale; notes with concern that over 30,000 Equitable Life policyholders have died without seeing their situation resolved since the society's near-collapse in 2000; and calls on the Government to give a public response without delay to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations and set out a timetable for action.