Debates between Shailesh Vara and Karen Buck during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Shailesh Vara and Karen Buck
Monday 1st February 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shailesh Vara Portrait Mr Vara
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Absolutely. As of April this year, with a new state pension and the triple lock, people will be £1,000 better off than they would have been under the old system whereby pensions were uprated. The triple lock will benefit people by £1,000 by April this year.

Karen Buck Portrait Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab)
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6. What evaluation his Department has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty.