Question follow-through · 16688
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 27 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 27 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
The State Pension is based on an individual’s National Insurance record and is payable to those who meet the eligibility criteria. Since its introduction in 2016, the new State Pension is designed to provide a consistent foundation level of income in late...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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