Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support Grant
Debate between Anne McLaughlin and Peter Dowd(2 years ago)
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Anne McLaughlin
I appreciate the Minister taking another intervention—I am doing so to help his throat and give him the chance to have a glass of water. If he is saying, “It was set up quickly because we had to help people as a matter of urgency,” that is good. However, we have now had time to think about it. I have written several times and been campaigning on this, but he has not yet answered the question: will he extend the deadline to 31 March, or will he consider extending it? Will he not say no today? Will he give people a little hope that they might get it? He is making the clear point that it is for households in absolute need. Well, they are still in absolute need—
Peter Dowd (in the Chair)
Order. You are bordering on making another speech, rather than an intervention.