Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Scotland Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Gregg McClymont Excerpts
Wednesday 18th April 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sandra Osborne Portrait Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)
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10. How many pensioners in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision on age-related personal allowances.

Gregg McClymont Portrait Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (Lab)
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13. How many pensioners in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision on age-related personal allowances.

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. There are a lot of noisy private conversations taking place in the Chamber. I would like to hear the questions and the answers.

Gregg McClymont Portrait Gregg McClymont
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What does it say about the priorities of this Government that they impose a granny tax on 367,000 Scots while giving a tax cut to the wealthiest 14,000 Scots?

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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What the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues fail to acknowledge is that this Government have delivered the largest pension rise in the last 30 years, whereas the last Government, which his party led, introduced a pension rise of 75p, so we are not going to take any lectures from Labour on the treatment of pensioners in Scotland.