Part of Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:30 am ar 24 Ebrill 2024.
James Gray
Chair, Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research, Chair, Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research
10:30,
24 Ebrill 2024
Before the Minister does that, does he agree that one person who would have been very pleased by this legislation is that great champion of pensions and of pensioners, Frank Field, who died yesterday? He was a great man and a great gentleman.
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