One point I have laboured is that hon. Members cannot compare in percentage terms the difference the Bill will make for someone on £70 a week and someone on £35,000 a year. The hon. Gentleman seems to be attempting to make such a comparison, but as my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field) related previously—
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
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Toby Perkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 January 2013.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.
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