No, it is not. Any income to the household from a working spouse will be counted in the household income for pension credit purposes. My argument is that if there is a case to be made for a change to pension credit, it should be made openly, and it should have been in the Pensions Bill, which Parliament is currently considering.
Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2)
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2).
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