Proceeding contribution from Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 February 2006. It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
Social Security
The hon. Gentleman is in full flow about something for which he feels great passion. I do not want to interrupt him so much as inject a little balance. He has mentioned incapacity benefit. During the years of Conservative Government, the number of people receiving incapacity benefit ballooned. That might have been because that Government wanted to massage down the unemployment figures and massage up the figures for incapacity benefit.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 442 c1600
- 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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