New clause 1 - Advice
State Pension Credit Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire, Conservative)
In relation to proposed subsection (2)(b), does my hon. Friend agree that ''suitably qualified'' should include the ability to speak the pensioner's first language? Will the Minister enlighten us on the number of Urdu and Bengali speakers that will have to be employed in Blackpool to deal with pensioners from ethnic minority backgrounds in the south-east?