Business of the House

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 10:59 am ar 16 Mai 2024.

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Photo of Sam Tarry Sam Tarry Llafur, Ilford South 10:59, 16 Mai 2024

I briefly associate myself with the comments of my hon. Friend Mr Sheerman and Sir Charles Walker, who talked about Terry Wiggins. They did not mention that he served for 40 years playing on the parliamentary rugby team, and just a few weeks ago helped us to a glorious victory at Twickenham.

As will concern anyone approaching retirement, figures from the Department for Work and Pensions have revealed that the number of pensioners using food banks doubled after the Government’s economic mismanagement—up 101% in my constituency. Can we have a debate in Government time on whether the £46 billion blackhole in the plan to axe national insurance will hit pensioners once more?