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Debate between Caroline Nokes and Luke Murphy
Wednesday 19th March 2025
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Luke Murphy
The motion talks about ensuring that
“those eligible for Pension Credit receive it”.
To return to the point I made earlier, if Conservative Members were so concerned about vulnerable pensioners, why was there absolutely no movement in the take-up of pension credit under the previous Government? Some 700,000 pensioners are eligible for pension credit, but I do not remember a big campaign on that by the previous Government that made a difference—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)
Order. The hon. Gentleman’s intervention is far too long.