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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, may I just ask a question of the Minister in support of the amendment? As I understand it, if someone is on pension credit above the age, they pull a younger person up to their age. In future, if someone is of a younger age, they will pull someone over pension credit age back down again. How will that interact with the proposed new state single pension, which will of course embed pension credit into the pension, so that somebody over the age of 65 or 66 will get the whole lot? Could he confirm that the timing of this, which I thought was 2014-15, will be precisely when some of this is due to be implemented? Would it not therefore be wise to rethink that, in terms of those proposed changes?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c176-7GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Databases Age Costs Department for Work and Pensions Employment Jobseeker's allowance Health ICT Health professions Medical examinations Mental illness Pension credit Low incomes Social security benefits School meals Wheelchairs Revenue and Customs Employment and support allowance Universal credit
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link
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