Clause 6 - Payment to be disregarded for tax and social security
Age-Related Payments Bill
11:00 am
Mr Malcolm Wicks (Minister for pensions, Department for Work and Pensions; Croydon North, Labour)
I do not think that the hon. Gentleman has understood. Clause 6 clearly sets out that the money will not be taken account of for income tax purposes or count as income for income-tested benefits. That does not have much to do with our earlier discussion about when pension credit is relevant for certain households.
I, too, regret that we never discussed the earnings link because it would have been fascinating to behold the hon. Gentleman's explanation of why it was abolished by a previous Conservative Government in 1980.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 6 ordered to stand part of the Bill.