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Pensions Bill

Oh, dear me. Are we assuming that somebody who has a real choice about whether to stay in work is going to make a rational decision to forgo a job that pays £400 a week to take an extra £30 or £40 or £50 in pension credit to top up an employment support allowance? Is that what the Minister is saying—that that person is so rational that he will willingly reduce his income to one-third of what it was because of the enticement of pension credit? Is that the Minister’s position?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
751 c42GC 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Legislation
Pensions Bill 2013-14
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