I agree with the argument that the right hon. Gentleman is developing, but what he is suggesting would be politically unpalatable. Given that the majority of healthcare costs that we generate in our lifetimes come at the extremes of life, does he agree that one way of selling this to the population, and especially those pensioners who are principally in the frame, would be to say that the £2.2 billion per annum that the 2.5% element of the triple lock will probably generate by the end of this decade might be hypothecated into the national health service? In that way, we might gain some level of acceptance from pensioners.
Intergenerational Fairness
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Murrison
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 February 2017.
It occurred during Estimates day on Intergenerational Fairness.
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