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Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008

I support the orders and welcome them, but the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, probed very shrewdly. It is right to support the needs of the poor. My noble friend made a very good speech and these are welcome and excellent upratings. However, can he say a little more on statutory paternity and adoption pay in Article 11? When did paternity pay become part of the system and when was that social history made? How many are drawing paternity pay? Are the numbers increasing? Lastly, my noble friend may read from time to time the prestigious weekly magazine—it is almost a magazine of record—the Economist. He may have noted, as I have these last several weeks, that the distinguished commentator Bagehot has been missing. When I turned to read the magazine this week, what did I see in small print? That Bagehot is on paternity.