Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we are entering a unique situation in the year ahead? It is possible that we will have negative inflation during this recession, so pensioners' inflation might rise at the same time as the indices used to calculate the uprating of benefits actually fall.
Social Security
Proceeding contribution from
John Barrett
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 February 2009.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Social Security.
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