Social Security Payments: Uprating

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts

Monday 10th October 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Gower (Con)]

I thank the noble Baroness. Yes, we engage regularly with the devolved Administrations. She has probably worked out that I come from a devolved Administration. I am very aware of the need to do that.

[Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)]

My Lords, does my noble friend not think that there are some double standards here? On the one hand, the Opposition criticise the Government for committing themselves to helping people with their heating bills and to ending the tax on jobs, which is the increase in national insurance, and argue that the Government should have published their full financial forecast before doing so, but on the other they argue that we should commit ourselves to uprating benefits without doing so. Is this not the ultimate hypocrisy?

[Lord Davies of Gower (Con)]

I thank the noble Lord for making that point. I absolutely agree with him.