Public Spending: Inheritance Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Public Spending: Inheritance

Wendy Chamberlain Excerpts
Monday 29th July 2024

(4 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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I think every single Member of the House will have faced often very difficult constituency casework about young people who are not getting a diagnosis on time and not getting the support they need at school. We will set out all our spending plans and priorities at the spending review later this year.

Wendy Chamberlain Portrait Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) (LD)
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I welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer and her team to their place. I am concerned that I have not seen anything in the Chancellor’s statement or the accompanying report on the 1950s women who suffered maladministration of their pensions. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, which we all utilise when doing constituency casework, was clear that maladministration was suffered. Could the Chancellor confirm whether she is considering the report and will she provide a statement before the Budget on 30 October, or is the message to WASPI women today that she will not do it?

Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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My right hon. Friend the Work and Pensions Secretary is considering that report as we speak.