GUARANTEED MINIMUM PENSION INCOME
- Session: 1998-99
- Date tabled: 24.11.1998
- Primary sponsor:
- Sponsors:
That this House enthusiastically supports the Government's proposal for a £75 guaranteed minimum income for pensioners; notes that about a million pensioners entitled to income support do not receive it; and urges that the guaranteed minimum should be implemented for all by raising the basic pension to £75 per week in 1999 without a means test.
Amendment 1A1 - GUARANTEED MINIMUM PENSION INCOME;Amdt. line 3:
- Session: 1998-99
- Date tabled: 30.11.1998
- Primary sponsor:
- Sponsors:
leave out from 'it' to end and add 'congratulates the Government for honouring its commitment to uprate the state pension at least in line with prices; applauds the extra help given to all pensioners through the new winter fuel payments, reductions in VAT on fuel and the restoration of free eye tests; believes that the Government is right to give the highest priority to the poorest pensioners; further congratulates the Government on establishing pilot projects to encourage pensioners to claim those benefits to which they are entitled; and looks forward to the extension of this initiative, in partnership with local authorities and voluntary organisations, to the rest of the country.'.