Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Griffith and Gary Sambrook

Tuesday 21st March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Gary Sambrook (Birmingham, Northfield) (Con)]

T7. For quite some time, GPs and consultants in Birmingham tab="yes" have expressed their frustration and concern with the pension lifetime allowance cap. I welcome the measures in the Budget last week to abolish it altogether, which will mean that we will see more GPs and consultants practising. Does my hon. Friend agree that it will also mean we will see more teachers and headteachers in the classroom and more police officers on the beat?

[The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Andrew Griffith)]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The measure will help public servants, hospital consultants, prison governors, headteachers and senior police leaders, which is why I agree with the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) when he said that removing the cap would save lives and that he himself would scrap the “crazy” cap.