Health and Social Security

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:33 pm on 27 November 1989.

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Photo of Mr William McKelvey Mr William McKelvey , Kilmarnock and Loudoun 9:33, 27 November 1989

Does the Secretary of State accept that, had we retained the original formula whereby pensions increased in line with rises in either inflation or wages, pensioners today would be £18 a week better off? If he agreed with that, pensioners might start to understand the argument that he is trying to advance.