Ministerial statement on Thursday, 10 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Angela Eagle.

Benefits Uprating

Statement on benefits uprating.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 502 c518-26
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Angela Eagle | 502 c521-2 (Link to this contribution) Obviously the Conservatives abolished it in the 1980s. [Interruption.] Opposition Front Benchers say...; Dennis Skinner | 502 c525 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that in previous recessions stretching back to the '70s, on every single occ...; Angela Eagle | 502 c525 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend's comments. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor was very ...; Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 502 c525 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, during business questions, I asked about the level of winter fuel payments and was told to ...; Angela Eagle | 502 c525 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Chancellor always keeps in view the level of the winter fuel payment, which...; Speaker | 502 c524 (Link to this contribution) Order. This is becoming a speech.; Angela Eagle | 502 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) I share my right hon. Friend's passion for the results of our work on eliminating pensioner poverty....; Angela Eagle | 502 c524 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the announcements, which is more than his party's Front-Ben...; John Battle | 502 c524 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome this statement on benefits uprating; it is proof today that the Government have not...; Angela Eagle | 502 c523-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I am certainly very proud to be part of a Government who ar...; Nicholas Winterton | 502 c524 (Link to this contribution) May I direct the Minister's attention to the group of pensioners who were very responsible during th...; Angela Eagle | 502 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about benefits uprating and how that...; Angela Eagle | 502 c521 (Link to this contribution) I was going to thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the £2 billion of extra resources that, even i...; Andrew Selous | 502 c519-21 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. This recession has hit families hard throug...; David Winnick | 502 c521 (Link to this contribution) Who abolished it?; Angela Eagle | 502 c523 (Link to this contribution) I am not embarrassed about a statement on uprating that, at a time of economic challenge and difficu...; Steve Webb | 502 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of the statement. May I offer her my commiserations?...; David Winnick | 502 c523 (Link to this contribution) As someone who occasionally criticises the Government, I should say to my hon. Friend that one of th...; Peter Bone | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has a reputation for not trying to dodge a question and giving an honest answer. Will s...; Angela Eagle | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) I know that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor is committed to keeping the winter fuel payment as t...; Jim Cunningham | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) We all appreciate what the Government have done over the past 10 or 12 years in general terms in inc...; Angela Eagle | 502 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) We keep these things under review. However, we are bound by EU reciprocal laws on social security th...; Philip Hollobone | 502 c525 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister take steps to end the scandal whereby British taxpayers are funding the now uprate...; John Mason | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, 1.5 per cent. is more welcome than zero per cent., but for the carer's allowance, which i...; Angela Eagle | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) We can have some interesting debates about the interaction of benefits, but today we are talking abo...; Angela Eagle | 502 c526 (Link to this contribution) Flattery will get the hon. Gentleman to all sorts of places; I welcome his comment about my answerin...
Subjects: Incapacity benefit Social security benefits State retirement pensions Tax allowances Uprating Winter fuel payment Retail prices index
Contains statistics: Yes
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Benefits Uprating

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