Business of the House

Chris Stephens Excerpts
Thursday 17th March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I am not of the view that Government policy should be about getting our pensioners—whom we should value enormously for the contribution they have made—to move to other countries.

Chris Stephens Portrait Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)
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The Leader of the House wrote to me on 24 February about the pension fund of employees of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and he said that no final decision had been made. In the Adjournment debate on 29 February, the Minister said that the final decision had been made in September. Will the Leader of the House say why he gave such inaccurate information?

Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I would not have made that comment without having been told that that was the case by the Ministry of Defence, and I will ask it to respond to the hon. Gentleman.