If the noble Lord follows that argument through, is he therefore saying that, should inflation happen, that is just tough luck, and the poor cannot not have the possibility of any protection from the Secretary of State doing what he would now do, which is to consider all the options under the circumstances?
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.
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