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Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 May 2025

Debate

Pensioners: Shoplifting

Contribution

My noble friend will know that Ministers in the DWP and the Treasury are very cognisant of the need to ensure we have an uptake by people who need and qualify for the winter fuel payment who currently do not have it. My understanding is that the DWP has written to all those pensioners. There have been some difficult decisions; let us not get away from that. I lost my winter fuel payment. Should I, as a Minister of the Crown, have that additional payment? No. Should millionaires have that additional payment? No. But the Government are determined to support poorer members of the community and poorer pensioners. That is what we are trying to do.

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