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Benefits Uprating

I have to say that my hon. Friend sounds a bit like my mum. My mum has just turned 80, and she said ““That 25p was a bit of an insult””—and a good friend of mine, Gwen Johnson, who runs the Atherstone pensioners' convention, said ““You need to get rid of that 25p, Mike.”” I am talking to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, and I hope that we will be able to take some steps. I want to deal with what many pensioners regard as an insult, but if we do that, there must be a compensation measure. I hope that in due course we will be able to ensure not only that pensioners do not receive just 25p, but that they do not lose out as a result of any change.