Orders of the Day — State Pension Credit Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:28 pm on 25 March 2002.

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Photo of Steve Webb Steve Webb Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 5:28, 25 March 2002

Will the Secretary of State confirm that the minimum income guarantee was introduced and the rates announced without the benefit of the State Pension Credit Bill, that the rates of the minimum income guarantee are therefore independent of the Bill, and that the only thing that the Bill introduces is a savings credit that will benefit nothing like the number of people he has just mentioned?