Up-Rating Orders

Part of Orders of the Day — Social Security and Housing Benefits Bill – in the House of Commons at 8:45 pm on 20 April 1983.

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Photo of Mr Norman Fowler Mr Norman Fowler Secretary of State for Health and Social Security 8:45, 20 April 1983

I want to say to the hon. Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett), who raised the issue with me, that, as I made clear when we were discussing the group of amendments before this, we intend to keep to the May to May measure. That is why we put May into the primary legislation. We should only want to change that if we could reduce the gap between the time of the uprating announcement and the uprating. We should then have to bring amending legislation before the House.