Winter Fuel Payment Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Winter Fuel Payment

Gregory Stafford Excerpts
Tuesday 10th September 2024

(2 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Slinger Portrait John Slinger
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and for clarifying his use of language. I can assure him that everyone on the Labour Benches, including my colleagues on the Front Bench, are doing everything they can to make sure that vulnerable pensioners who need pension credit receive it. We say that in good faith, and we mean it.

Gregory Stafford Portrait Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon) (Con)
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What does the hon. Member say to the 18,883 pensioners in my constituency who will lose the winter fuel payment? They include Rita, who looks after her husband who has multiple sclerosis. She wrote to me today to say that she has to make the choice this winter between heating their home and paying for essential medication.