Pensions: Minimum Income Guarantee

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:44 pm on 12 March 2001.

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Photo of Lord Goodhart Lord Goodhart Liberal Democrat 2:44, 12 March 2001

My Lords, does the Minister agree that it is absolutely intolerable that only one in six of those eligible for MIG have taken it up? Does she further accept that the noble Baroness, Lady Castle, was correct in saying that the situation will get much worse when MIG is extended upward through pensioner credit?