Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 March (HL Deb col 82), what is their assessment of the implications for calculating entitlement to contributory working age benefits and pensions of abolishing national insurance contributions.

Cutting NICs does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.