Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Robertson (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 134 members in total.

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INDEXATION OF PENSIONS AND BENEFITS

That this House notes the Government's proposal to use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI) for the price indexation of benefits, tax credits and public service pensions; further notes that the CPI is consistently lower than the RPI; expresses concern over the impact that this will have on the incomes of pensioners and other vulnerable groups; recognises the concerns held by the Royal Statistical Society and the UK Statistics Authority that CPI excludes many housing costs which are borne by the majority of pensioner households; and calls on the Government to take these concerns into account and postpone the change from RPI to CPI until the appropriateness of CPI as a measure of price increases borne by pensioner households can be fully evaluated.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

INDEXATION OF PENSIONS AND BENEFITS (1032A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Hugh Bayley (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 14 February 2011. It has been signed by 2 members in total.

leave out `is consistently lower than the RPI' and insert `has been lower than the RPI in 16 of the last 22 years'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1032 

1032A1 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Elfyn Llwyd

Anne Begg

Mike Weir

Jim Sheridan

Lady Hermon

Subjects

Workplace pensions Public sector Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Uprating

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk