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HANSARD International Investment SummitI beg to move, That this House has considered the International Investment Summit. I am delighted to open this debate on the Government’s inaugural international investment…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitPerhaps my hon. Friend would like me to intervene?17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitIndeed, I did. Business wants the Government to take a pragmatic approach, not an ideological approach, to our relationships with our main trading partners, and that is exactly…17 Oct 2024HANSARDWork and PensionsWe will write to all pensioners about housing benefit; this is a question that one of my hon. Friends asked me yesterday. He had a constituent on housing benefit who was concerned…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWork and PensionsI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. For those just above the threshold, we have extended the household support fund. I urge hon. Members to work with me, the Secretary of…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWork and PensionsWe will write to all pensioners on housing benefit who may be eligible for, but are not claiming, pension credit ; this is a question that one of my hon. Friends asked me…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWork and Pensions…I urge hon. Members to work with me, and with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Deputy Prime Minister, who have written to local authorities on the issue .08 Oct 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: CompensationI was the first Minister for eight long years to meet Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigners to hear their experiences directly. However, we do need time to carefully…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said previously, the ombudsman took six years to consider this complex case. We are looking into it very seriously, but I cannot make any announcements today. The right hon.…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for his question. I have looked into this issue, which has a long and complex history, and I would be very willing to meet him to discuss it in more detail.07 Oct 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: CompensationThe ombudsman took six years to look into what is a serious, significant and complex set of cases. We need time to look at that seriously, and we are doing precisely that.07 Oct 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: CompensationThe ombudsman’s report is a serious report that took six years to complete and deserves serious consideration. We are carefully reviewing the details of that complex report and…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPension CreditWe were pleased to see 160 local authorities respond positively to our call for action. They are working with us to drive the boost in uptake of pension credit. Apart from the…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPension CreditThe winter fuel payment was once described as the “largest benefit paid to pensioners…regardless of need, giving money to wealthier pensioners when working people on lower incomes…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPension CreditWe have been running a national campaign since September across a range of channels, including print and broadcast media, to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and…07 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Medical ConditionsThis is a decision that we neither wanted nor expected to make, but when we came into office there was a £22 billion black hole in the public finances. There are mitigations in…07 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Medical ConditionsI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place. Pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability may be eligible for disability-related benefits, such as disability living…07 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Medical ConditionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I will meet him and any other Members of this House who have concerns on this matter.07 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI said I will make some progress, thank you. Many hon. Members, both on the Government side and on the Opposition Benches, including my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI will in a minute. Before I do that, I want to say something about means-testing. I have found, both in this debate and in the earlier debate in Westminster Hall where no…10 Sept 2024