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Benefits Uprating

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

454 c451-62 

Session

2006-07

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP 06/2208
Thursday, 7 December 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

James Purnell | 454 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman will not be voting against the measures. I was looking at...

Nigel Waterson | 454 c454-5 (Link to this contribution) I should like to thank the Minister for his usual courtesy in allowing me an advance copy of his sta...

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James Purnell | 454 c457 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with my hon. Friend. The Eaga partnership has made real progress on getting peopl...

Lord Khan of Tooting | 454 c456 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend’s statement. More than 10,000 pensioners in Tooting will benefit from the i...

James Purnell | 454 c451-4 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement on benefits uprating in the context of our ...

David Laws | 454 c457-8 (Link to this contribution) May I also thank the Minister for his Department’s typical courtesy in releasing the statement to us...

James Purnell | 454 c458-9 (Link to this contribution) As usual, the Liberal Democrat money tree is in evidence again, with a whole bunch of unfunded spend...

Nigel Evans | 454 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) I heard what the Minister said about taking pensioners out of poverty. I had thought that, with the ...

James Purnell | 454 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) That is yet another division between the Tory Back Benchers and their Front-Bench team, given that t...

James Purnell | 454 c462 (Link to this contribution) That is why the inflation rate in the pension for next year will be higher than in recent years. Ove...

Philip Hollobone | 454 c462 (Link to this contribution) How concerned is the Minister that pensioners are, in effect, facing an inflation rate that could be...

Mike Penning | 454 c462 (Link to this contribution) One group of people who, sadly, do not take up the benefits that they deserve, or for whom the take-...

Jim Cousins | 454 c460 (Link to this contribution) I reassure my hon. Friend that many of us on the Labour Benches who also voted against the 75p pensi...

Angela Watkinson | 454 c461 (Link to this contribution) In his opening remarks, the Minister said that he wanted to reduce prejudice in employment. He also ...

Nicholas Winterton | 454 c460 (Link to this contribution) May I direct the Minister’s attention to pensioners and council tax? He appears to avoid questions o...

James Purnell | 454 c462 (Link to this contribution) The Pension Service is sensitive in such cases and there is specific training to make sure that peop...

James Purnell | 454 c461 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Lady’s support for the progress that is being made on maternity and paternity lea...

Peter Bone | 454 c461 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Minister said in his statement that the Pension Service is encouraging pension cred...

James Purnell | 454 c461 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, there is no reason for any older person to end up in court because of c...

James Purnell | 454 c462 (Link to this contribution) That is an important point and we are looking to address it, in part through the Welfare Reform Bill...

James Purnell | 454 c460 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor has just made his pre-Budget report and I am sure that he will take my hon. Friend’s ...

Subjects

Children Disadvantaged Apprentices Pension credit Pensioners Social security benefits Welfare tax credits State retirement pensions

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