Member

In my Motion we are calling on the Government to take a different approach. It calls for steps to be taken to identify those eligible for pension credit. It calls for more winter support for pensioners, not only those eligible for pension credit. It calls for an end to fuel poverty, perhaps by an emergency insulation programme and a windfall tax on profits from oil and gas companies. If there is a financial crisis, the load must be spread to those most able to shoulder the burden. Let us move on from the world of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted miser, and, like him, seek redemption by voting in favour of my regret Motion.