Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Richard Graham and Lord Harrington of Watford

Monday 21st November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Richard Harrington]

I thank my hon. Friend for that question, and I totally agree with him.

[Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)]

Does my hon. Friend agree that the difficulty with Labour’s proposal on pension credit is that it does not reflect what is actually sought by the WASPI campaign, which goes right back to the Pensions Act 1995? That would almost certainly be illegal—[Interruption]—under the rules of fair progress for both sexes on pensions, and it would cost an absolute fortune?

[Richard Harrington]

I totally agree with my hon. Friend. I heard a Labour Member shouting, “Tell that to the destitute.” Well, we have a very good benefits system in this country, and I am sure that those people who are destitute are very familiar with it.