I am slightly puzzled by that assertion, because the number of pensioners going bankrupt has more than doubled in the past five years, from just 900 in 2002 to 7,900. How does that fit with the Minister's assertion that pensioners are doing rather better than most?
Social Security
Proceeding contribution from
John Butterfill
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
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