division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [19th allotted day] &#8212; Equitable Life
motion: <p class="" pid="c.918.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c.918.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes that the Parliamentary Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of using powers under the 1967 Act to present Parliament with a further and final report on Equitable Life; also notes that the Public Administration Select Committee's Sixth Report, Justice denied? The Government's response to the Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life, concluded that the Government response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report was inadequate as a remedy for injustice; recognises the vital role the Ombudsman plays in public life; reaffirms the duty of Parliament to support the office of the Ombudsman; believes the Government should accept the recommendations of the Ombudsman on compensating policyholders who have suffered loss; notes the outcome of the Judicial Review announced on <phrase class="date" code="2009-10-15">15 October</phrase> extending the period for compensation claims back to 1991; welcomes the formation of the All-Party Group on Justice for Equitable Life Policyholders; and notes with regret its necessary formation and the fact that over 30,000 people have already died waiting for a just resolution to this saga.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.926.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from "Life" to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c.926.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">"also notes the Public Administration Select Committee's Sixth Report <i> Justice denied? The Government's response to the Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life</i>; recognises the vital role the Ombudsman plays in public life; reaffirms the duty of Parliament to support the office of the Ombudsman; recognises the Government's determination to introduce an ex gratia payment scheme that is administratively quicker and simpler to deliver than that envisaged by the Ombudsman; further welcomes the Government's decision announced to the House on <phrase class="date" code="2009-10-20">20 October 2009</phrase> to widen the ex gratia payment scheme to include trapped annuitants who took out policies after mid-1991; urges Sir John Chadwick to report as quickly and expeditiously as possible; and recognises the impact and significant distress that maladministration and injustice have caused in respect of Equitable Life.'."</p>
  
  <p pid="c.969.5/1" pwmotiontext="yes"> Question put (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.969.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 269, Noes 294.</p>