Clause 5 - Procedure
Age-Related Payments Bill
11:00 am
Mr Malcolm Wicks (Minister for pensions, Department for Work and Pensions; Croydon North, Labour)
I was temporarily confused by the one day myself. However, as I said, this is not about everyone having to return to this country, or about Britons of 80 years' standing having to come back from south America to get their £100 from the Government. Those people are ordinarily resident here.
I now realise that this is a much more technical issue. Let us say that a British family had lived on the continent for several years and came back here to retire. If the family members were judged ordinarily resident, being at this cut-off point in September for just one day, subject to other criteria, would make
them eligible for the winter fuel payment and the £100. I think that that is the explanation. However, I will write to clarify it.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 5 ordered to stand part of the Bill.