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Bill Presented: Members' Salaries (3 Jul 2008) has video: John Butterfill: .... The basket now proposed by the Government is so huge, complex, opaque and open to different interpretations that it would be impossible to implement. The Government are asking us to accept smoke and mirrors today. Sir John concludes, in paragraph 46: "I am sure, having considered and discussed the options extensively, that this"— the PSAEI option— "is the best solution. It...
Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Pensions Policy (3 Jul 2007): John Butterfill: ...If we revert to the current definition of poverty, preferred by the present Prime Minister when he was the Chancellor, only 200,000 rather than 2 million have been lifted out of poverty. It is all smoke and mirrors, I am afraid.
Orders of the Day: Pensions Bill (16 Jan 2007): John Butterfill: ...is right to say that in parts of the United Kingdom, notably the one that he represents, longevity is not as good as it is elsewhere, but that is largely due to poorer health, with greater rates of smoking and unhealthy eating habits. Education is the major key to equalising longevity throughout the UK, because there is nothing inherently unhealthy about living in Scotland. Most medical...

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