Winter Fuel Payment Debate

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Lord Bellingham

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Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

Winter Fuel Payment

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Employment Rights Bill
Tuesday 10th June 2025

(3 days, 15 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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My noble friend is obviously right to point out that the party opposite has consistently criticised the public sector pay rises that we have given.

Lord Bellingham Portrait Lord Bellingham (Con)
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My Lords, following on from the question asked by the right reverend Prelate, I hope that the Minister is aware that roughly 750,000 pensioners on pension credit and therefore eligible for the winter fuel allowance applied for it last winter but have not yet had it. Will he look at this problem?

Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I will look at that and discuss it with my noble friend Lady Sherlock.

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