Proceeding contribution from Peter Bone (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 February 2006. It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
Social Security
I am concerned that an error appears to have built up over the years. The Secretary of State is required to review the increases—of course, pension credit has increased—but because a lot of money from the pension credit has not been taken up, it is sitting in a pot when it should have been distributed. Would it not be right to uprate the basic pension by more than inflation this year to take account of those millions, or possibly billions, of pounds?
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- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 442 c1583
- Session
- 2005-06
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Council tax benefits Disability Children Disability living allowance Housing benefit Fraud Jobseeker's allowance Income support Increases Employment schemes Incapacity benefit Pension credit Pensioners Personal savings Low incomes Workplace pensions Poverty Pensions Maternity pay Means-tested benefits Social security Social security benefits State retirement pensions Take-up Uprating Retail prices index New deal schemes
- Legislation
- Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2006
- Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2006
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