There are many annotations here which demonstrate how the answer given by the Minister fails to answer the question posed by Lord Jones.
I will not cover that ground again except to point out that the stock response by Baroness Altmann and her department that the government meets its obligations required by the law and reciprocal agreements (both of which are totally unnecessary) does not constitute jutification for the policy. They are only convenient vehicles on which to hang the iniquity.
The baroness could also have said that the government has previously disclosed that it has no intention to enter into any reciprocal agreement over pensions at any time in the future.
The Baroness could also have said that implementing the uprating is a simple process whereby those who have met the same NI contribution conditions as everyone else during their working lives are treated equally, fairly and justly in retirement; that what other governments choose to do is their problem and irrelevant and that it is only irrational intervention by successive governments that provides the excuse for suggesting it is actually complicated.
Andy Robertson-Fox
Posted on 8 Apr 2016 11:39 am
There are many annotations here which demonstrate how the answer given by the Minister fails to answer the question posed by Lord Jones.
I will not cover that ground again except to point out that the stock response by Baroness Altmann and her department that the government meets its obligations required by the law and reciprocal agreements (both of which are totally unnecessary) does not constitute jutification for the policy. They are only convenient vehicles on which to hang the iniquity.
The baroness could also have said that the government has previously disclosed that it has no intention to enter into any reciprocal agreement over pensions at any time in the future.
The Baroness could also have said that implementing the uprating is a simple process whereby those who have met the same NI contribution conditions as everyone else during their working lives are treated equally, fairly and justly in retirement; that what other governments choose to do is their problem and irrelevant and that it is only irrational intervention by successive governments that provides the excuse for suggesting it is actually complicated.