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Helen Whately MP: speeches

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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  • 12 May 2025 · Winter Fuel Payment: Means-testing · Hansard source
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    That is not something that the Leader of the Opposition said. To the point in hand—the winter fuel payment—I wonder for how much longer this tone-deaf final stand will go on. Every time the Government talk about winter fuel payments, they make out that they had no choice, but that is simply not true. To govern is to choose. At best, this policy was only ever going to save £1 billion or so, but they are spending £8 billion on setting up an energy company, and the cost of asylum hotels will rise to £15 billion under Labour. This has always been a choice, and it is the wrong one. Can the Minister guarantee that next winter, every single one of the 750,000 poorest pensioners who missed out on the winter fuel payment this year will receive it?

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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 4Communities and local government4Culture, media and sport: 3Culture, media and sport3Defence and foreign affairs: 5Defence and foreign affairs5Democracy and constitution: 8Democracy and constitution8Economy and business: 41Economy and business41Education and skills: 7Education and skills7Environment and energy: 7Environment and energy7Health and care: 8Health and care8Housing and planning: 2Housing and planning2Immigration and borders: 1Immigration and borders1Social security and pensions: 19Social security and pensions19Transport: 22Transport22Unclassified: 13Unclassified13
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government4
Culture, media and sport3
Defence and foreign affairs5
Democracy and constitution8
Economy and business41
Education and skills7
Environment and energy7
Health and care8
Housing and planning2
Immigration and borders1
Social security and pensions19
Transport22
Unclassified13

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