Indexing of Child Benefit

Part of Orders or the Day – in the House of Commons at 5:34 pm on 12 January 1988.

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Photo of Frank Field Frank Field Chair, Social Services Committee 5:34, 12 January 1988

Will the hon. Gentleman ask his right hon. and hon. Friends on the Front Bench the size that the pension would be if it were paid out on contributions only? Most people's old-age pensions are not paid because they have built up a contribution record but because of the amount of money that we pay in in the current week.