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Pensions Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 18 December 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Pensions Bill.

My Lords, I cannot leave that unchallenged. People will have inherited rights, including credits, before 2016. Clearly, many of the examples quoted by the noble Baroness related to people who had had children, so 12-plus years would be credited under the existing system to be pulled forward into the system with the foundation amount, building up beyond that. I also need to remind the noble Baroness that the intention with the universal credit schedule that we have announced is to bring in all people, certainly in the working population, by 2016 and 2017, with a group of ESA recipients left beyond that point for very good reason, because we need to deal with them very carefully. Therefore, under the timings that we

have announced, the people about whom she is concerned would be brought in very shortly after the introduction of the single-tier pension.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

750 c332GC 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Legislation

Pensions Bill 2013-14
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