Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2013 Pensions Bill
"Surely we would otherwise have had a single state pension that would already have been a great deal higher, and nearer to the level for which we are aiming now...." Mark Reckless - View Speech
"I am grateful. Could the shadow Minister not perhaps recognise some fault in Labour’s past, particularly with the £5 billion-a-year tax rate through the removal of the dividend tax credit, and will he listen to himself building up into a great rhetoric of peroration? Does he support the Bill, or …..." Mark Reckless - View Speech
"Is the hon. Gentleman seriously blaming firms such as Jessops and HMV for going into administration on the Government’s austerity programme?..." Mark Reckless - View Speech
"The whole House will welcome these transitional provisions. In my constituency, many people get up at 6 in the morning to catch the coach to London because they cannot afford to pay the fare for the train, let alone for a flat in Bermondsey. It is not fair on them …..." Mark Reckless - View Speech