I thank the hon. Gentleman for his generosity in giving way. On this point about uprating pensions, will he take this opportunity to admit that the shift from the retail prices index to the consumer prices index as the definition for which all benefits and now all pensions will be indexed is scored as plus £6 billion in the Red Book, which means that he is taking that amount of money from some of the most vulnerable and poorest people in the country?
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Angela Eagle
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 July 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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