Proceeding contribution from Peter Viggers (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Pre-Budget Report.
Pre-Budget Report
To complete the picture placed before us today, will the Chancellor tell us what part he thinks that he, personally, played in the collapse of final salary pension schemes? As a former opponent of means-testing, what pride does he take in the fact that 40 per cent. of the population, and well over 50 per cent. of the pensioner population, are now subjected to means-tested benefits from the state?
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- 2006-07
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- Children Disadvantaged Armed forces Climate change Carbon dioxide Biofuels Apprentices Employment Finance Education Investment Film Economic situation Economic growth Private sector Personal savings Minimum wage Public sector Public expenditure Pollution control Social security benefits Universities Schools Training Young people Taxation Research Literacy Numeracy Pre-Budget report 2006
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