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Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 26 February 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McKenzie of Luton. The answering member was Lord Skelmersdale.


Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008

Draft SI on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft SI on Social Security Benefits Up-rating. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
699 c123-35GC 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c132-3GC (Link to this contribution) No—it is never anything to do with the Liberal Democrats. There has been a dramatic improvement in o...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c132GC (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The purpose of the uprating is to make sure that their value is maintained, with the right n...
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Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c131GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the range of contributions. I shall try to deal with as many points as I can and w...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c123-5GC (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Guaranteed ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 699 c134GC (Link to this contribution) If pension outgoings from the fund rise by the level of earnings, and income rises by the RPI, there...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c134-5GC (Link to this contribution) Not specifically. I was going to come on to the surplus in the national insurance fund, because we i...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c133GC (Link to this contribution) From recollection, the Labour Force Survey asks a number of questions on a sampled basis, looking ba...
Lord Skelmersdale | 699 c133GC (Link to this contribution) That would be helpful, especially in view of the 16-hour rule.
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c133-4GC (Link to this contribution) Indeed. For the purposes of clarity I should set down in writing the different components of those t...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 699 c132GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister cannot get away quite as easily as that. The winter fuel payment was set at £200 in 200...
Lord Skelmersdale | 699 c132GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, I fully understand that, but my question could be translated as ““Do they still have a value?””...
Lord Jones | 699 c129GC (Link to this contribution) I support the orders and welcome them, but the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, probed very shrewdly. It i...
Lord Skelmersdale | 699 c129-31GC (Link to this contribution) I seem to remember that it was this Government’s policy to introduce paternity leave, following the ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 699 c132GC (Link to this contribution) Again, you have to look at the totality of support and income that goes to households. It is right t...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 699 c125GC (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased to take part in this important and regular parliamentary occasion. It is sensible ...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 699 c125-8GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Division, I was raising one or two questions about the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increa...
Lord Skelmersdale | 699 c133GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that I was confusing them but I was most certainly comparing them, because there is a...
Subjects
Increases Guaranteed minimum pensions National insurance Workplace pensions Pensions Social security benefits Uprating
Legislation
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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