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Written Question
Pension Credit
Tuesday 17th September 2024

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to the Pension Credit week of action campaign, launched on 2 September 2024.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Government’s Pension Credit awareness week of action, during which the DWP joined up with key stakeholder organisations such as Age UK, Citizens Advice, and local authorities to promote Pension Credit, was one part of the Department’s ongoing promotion of Pension Credit; it did not have its own separate funding allocation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wonder if you could tell the House why there was the necessity for the further cleaning of the Chamber. I understand that this is the first time that this has ever happened. Is there anything in particular that the House needs …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I support new clauses 4 and 5, which I tabled with my hon. Friends. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell). This has been a good-natured debate. We all have particular issues we want to raise in relation to the Bill, but everything has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

"I am grateful to the Minister for reminding the House of the work that has been done. I am fully aware of what was discussed in that Green Paper, and I am aware of the responses. I want to come on to some of the longer-term issues, because those were …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. It is quite clear that the Government’s behaviour is bringing the working arrangements of the House into disrepute. A Minister is not going to come to the House to explain why they did not turn up to vote, but what can you …..."
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Written Question
Pensions: EU Countries
Friday 13th October 2017

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens are in receipt of a pension from another EU member state.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The information requested is not available.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Plumbers’ Pensions

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the future of plumbers’ pensions.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey, for what will be a short but hopefully considered debate about the future of plumbers’ pensions. I want to bring the issue to the attention …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Plumbers’ Pensions

"Absolutely. These people are not city spivs. They have not malevolently tried to get out of paying their contributions. They are people like my hon. Friend’s constituent, who have conscientiously paid into schemes and never knew they would face a potential issue at the end of their working careers. It …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Plumbers’ Pensions

"I want to come up with a few suggestions for the Government about how they can resolve some of these real and difficult situations. My hon. Friend is right; it is incumbent upon the Government to work with us. This is not about having a go at the Government. We …..."
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