Proceeding contribution from Anne Snelgrove (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
Social Security
When I became a councillor in Berkshire in 1993, I was concerned about the huge number of people—lone parents with children and others—who were on incapacity benefit in my constituency. Doctors were putting such people on incapacity benefit because the benefits system was so low. The hon. Gentleman's Government tripled the number of people on incapacity benefits between 1979 and 1997—an appalling target was hit.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 472 c597
- Session
- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Council tax benefits Children Fraud Income support Increases Fuel poverty Guaranteed minimum pensions Incapacity benefit Pension credit Pensioners Workplace pensions Poverty Pensions National insurance contributions Lone parents Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Take-up Uprating Social tariffs
- Legislation
- Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
- Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008
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- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
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