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Proceeding contribution from Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 December 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Benefits Uprating.


Benefits Uprating

Is it not true that the Minister's partial statement today will in the next couple of years result in decreasing the incentive to work? If the Treasury believed in localism and had given the £6.6 billion to the Department to spend on uprating as it wished to, would not the Minister have made a statement today that increased work incentives rather than decreased them?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
537 c167 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disability living allowance Social security benefits State retirement pensions Tax allowances Uprating Retail prices index Consumer prices index Average earnings
Link
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