Support for Pensioners
Debate between Siobhain McDonagh and Torsten Bell(2 weeks, 2 days ago)
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh (in the Chair)
Order. I do apologise to the hon. Member, but that is not a point of order, and she knows it. I call the Minister.
Torsten Bell
Thank you, Dame Siobhain.
Supporting pensioners in the 2020s is about more than opposing every tough choice that the Government have to make. It means directly raising pensioner incomes via the state pension and pension credit, but it also requires us to reform our private pension system, grow our economy and rescue our public services—
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (in the Chair)
Order. We are out of time, but I want to make a public apology to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire). I should have allowed her to intervene, and I certainly meant no discourtesy to her.
Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).