Proceeding contribution from Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 January 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Pensions Bill.

Pensions Bill

I apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend, but the difference between him and the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) is 10 per cent. The Secretary of State said that 90 per cent. of people, through a complicated mechanism, would receive a full pension. Under our proposal it would be 100 per cent. The state spends billions of pounds keeping decades of records to exclude 10 per cent.—almost all women—from pensions. That cannot be a sensible use of taxpayers' money. Does my hon. Friend agree?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 470 c86
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Costs Advisory services Women Pension credit Personal income Workplace pensions Poverty Pensions Personal pensions Means-tested benefits Pension funds State retirement pensions Small businesses Reform National employment savings trust scheme
Legislation: Pensions Bill 2007-08
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Pensions Bill

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