Winter Fuel Payment Debate

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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

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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)

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Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I thank the noble Baroness for her question, but to be clear: we are not taxing it. We are recovering it through the tax system, which is a different policy from the one that she is describing.

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
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Of the 12 million pensioners, how many are millionaires? Is it true that it is 3 million?

Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I do not have those numbers to hand, but I will see whether they exist. If they do, I will write to my noble friend.

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