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Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

Debate between John Robertson and Richard Graham
Monday 21st January 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Graham Portrait Richard Graham
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I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for letting me intervene and I will come straight to his specific point. It would be interesting if he came to meet some of my constituents who work in the public sector in Gloucester. We have over 20,000 people working in the public sector—as I used to—and most of them are seeing no increase in their salary whatsoever, with a cap at a maximum of 1%. The hon. Gentleman appears to be supporting an increase of 2.2%—more than double what those in work will be getting—for those who are out of work. I would like him to respond to a constituent of mine who wrote to me. She is a retired nurse—

John Robertson Portrait The Temporary Chair (John Robertson)
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Order. Will the hon. Gentleman make his point?

Richard Graham Portrait Richard Graham
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I am making my point as fast as I can. My constituent has two daughters who are nurses and who are receiving a 1% rise. She is asking why so many people in the House of Commons are desperate to increase the benefits of the unemployed by more.

John Robertson Portrait The Temporary Chair
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Order. Will the hon. Gentleman sit down?