Debate on the Address Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Debate on the Address

Stephanie Peacock Excerpts
Tuesday 11th May 2021

(3 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I give way to the hon. Lady with pleasure.

Stephanie Peacock Portrait Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East) (Lab)
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A cross-party Select Committee report concluded that the Government should not be in the business of profiting from miners’ pensions, but £4.4 billion has been taken out of the mineworkers’ pension scheme. Given that the Prime Minister made a commitment on this issue during the general election, will he deliver on that promise now and implement the recommendations of the cross-party Select Committee report?