As the Minister knows, the UK Statistics Authority has said that CPI should be used for that purpose only if it incorporates a measure of housing costs. I know some work is being done to incorporate such costs in the CPI measure, but is it the Government's intention to use that modified measure when it is available?
Pensions and Social Security
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Stephen Timms
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 February 2012.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Pensions and Social Security.
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