All I said is that the hon. Lady is not as enthusiastic about our changes as the hon. Member for Leeds West suggested. It is clear that we on the Government Benches, as the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Thornbury and Yate (Steve Webb) set out clearly, trust people to save their own money and we trust them to make sensible decisions in retirement about how to spend it. The idea that somebody who has spent their entire lifetime working hard and building up a pension pot is going to throw the money away when they reach retirement age is nonsense.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Harper
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 March 2014.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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