Proceeding contribution from Sally Keeble (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 November 2006. It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Treasury and Work and Pensions.

Treasury and Work and Pensions

The Conservative party was very cruel to pensioners in running that nonsense about means-testing. The means test and the assessments that people have to undertake for pension credit are two completely different animals. People who went through the means-testing process know exactly how humiliating and degrading it was, but the process for claiming the pension credit was completely different. People could do it over the phone and talk it through.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 453 c900-1
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Children Climate change Economic situation Poverty Pensions Public sector Public expenditure Statistics Welfare tax credits Taxation Skilled workers Unemployment Productivity World economy
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Treasury and Work and Pensions

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