I am concerned that an error appears to have built up over the years. The Secretary of State is required to review the increases—of course, pension credit has increased—but because a lot of money from the pension credit has not been taken up, it is sitting in a pot when it should have been distributed. Would it not be right to uprate the basic pension by more than inflation this year to take account of those millions, or possibly billions, of pounds?
Social Security
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 February 2006.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
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2005-06
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