As the Minister well knows, the basic state pension was uprated over a long period in line with RPI. My point is simply that if that mechanism was still in place, there would be a greater increase in the current year than the Minister has incorporated in the order before us today.
Pensions and Social Security
Proceeding contribution from
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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