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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"I completely agree. I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting that point; he has been at the forefront of the campaign to highlight the effects of increased energy costs on those who are off the gas grid. That threefold increase in fuel costs is completely unsustainable and really does lead …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"The hon. Gentleman is not comparing like with like. Cambo means more fossil fuel extraction, and there needs to be a proper assessment to establish whether this could be done in a way that is compatible with net zero. That is a test that the Government are refusing to apply. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"Yes!

Returning to fossil fuel, obviously petrol and diesel prices have increased massively at the pump. They have gone up by between 35p and 40p a litre compared with a year ago—a 30% increase. That also means that while people struggle to run their cars, VAT returns to the Treasury …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"I repeat that the time to be bold and increase fuel duty would have been when fuel prices were at a record low. That would not have had the same impact on people’s pockets. The current rise is unsustainable—[Interruption.] The Minister did not listen to what I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"Absolutely. My hon. Friend has made my point much better than I was making it myself, and I appreciate that. A fuel duty regulator is exactly what would have given better stability for the Treasury and for people’s pockets.

Looking at other windfalls the Treasury receives, we see a VAT …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"I am not sure how I can have been unclear when I have not mentioned it. The Minister is listening to a different speech—that is simply not what I have in front of me. This is very interesting. First, on day one of independence, Scotland can afford pensions. Right now, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

"How much extra money do the Government set aside each year on the assumption that there will be a greater uptake of pension credit, and what happens if that sum is not used? Does the Minister agree that any money that is not used for pension credit should be recirculated …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Despite what the Minister says, the Government’s last-published figures show that there are 200,000 more pensioners in poverty compared with 2018-19, and it is going to get worse. Next month, pensioners will face an increase in their heating bills of over £800 a year compared with this time last year, …..."
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Written Question
Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad
Monday 7th March 2022

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of a UK pension currently live in the Falkland Islands.

Answered by Guy Opperman

State Pension statistics by country of residence are currently available to November 2020 and these are available on Stat-Xplore here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Lower level geographies for Canada and the United States of America are not readily available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.