Clause 15 - Income and Capital
State Pension Credit Bill [Lords]
6:45 pm
Ms Maria Eagle (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Minister for Disabled People), Department for Work and Pensions; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)
I did not address that point specifically. Working tax credit is in the Bill, so it is to be included as income. I can say that clearly. One of the main reasons for including it is that that will prevent pensioners who are already receiving the working tax credit from being paid by the state again to meet the same needs. We are back to the point about double provision. We might not agree with it, but we all realise that the rule against double provision has always been a cornerstone of the welfare state. Now I am starting to repeat myself from our debates on earlier clauses, so I shall stop there. I hope that I have dealt with all the points that have been made.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 15 ordered to stand part of the Bill.