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When the Labour Members of the Treasury Committee rightly identified this proposal as a gimmick in the Treasury Committee hearings in July, did the Governor of the Bank of England, or any of the other eminent economic brains we questioned, give a single word of defence for this political gimmick?

Member
Lord Mann (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
14 October 2015
Reference
600 c428
House
House of Commons

There is a saying in literature that normal is as narrow as the street that you live in. The Chancellor lives in a little gated community—a cul-de-sac with perhaps a problem neighbour next door. The constraint on his economic plans is the backdrop to the decision tonight on whether to...

Member
Lord Mann (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
14 October 2015
Reference
600 c445
House
House of Commons

There is not enough time to give way.

Indeed, the Chancellor’s own Conservative colleagues in the Treasury Committee, who are somewhat absent tonight, were reluctant to speak out in favour of his charter. The reason is that it is a political gimmick. It has no necessity other than politics. That is...

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Lord Mann (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
14 October 2015
Reference
600 c446
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises that the Treasury is finally proposing new ways of guaranteeing miners' pensions for the future but, according to the Coalfield Communities Campaign's latest calculation is still due to take ??3.5 billion historical surpluses out of the two schemes at a time when many retired miners are...

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Michael Clapham (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
13 February 2003
Reference
744
House
House of Commons

That this House welcomes the ??90 million scheme recently announced jointly by the Government and Trustees of the Mineworkers Pension Fund to provide additional benefits for retired miners on the lowest pensions; recognises the urgent need for the Government to re-visit the issue of the MPF surpluses with a view...

Primary sponsor
Jeff Ennis (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
22 January 2002
Reference
711
House
House of Commons