Older Persons Commissioner for England Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Older Persons Commissioner for England

Baroness Hoey Excerpts
Wednesday 19th October 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
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Now the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, has an agent for the job. I take my noble friend’s point.

Baroness Hoey Portrait Baroness Hoey (Non-Afl)
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Is the Minister concerned about the way many older people these days are being forced to open a bank account, following the ending of the Post Office card? It is so difficult for someone living on only a very small pension. Would she look into this? It might be something an older persons’ commissioner would do if we had one.

Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
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I thank the noble Baroness for her question. I am going to be absolutely straight; my knowledge about the change to bank accounts and the Post Office card is not as sharp as it should be. I thought we had put different things in place so that people did not suffer as a result. I will go back to the department, find out the exact position, come back to the noble Baroness in writing and place a copy in the Library.