{"id":120796,"date":"2023-10-31T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120796"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:39:05","slug":"labour-mp-mocked-for-surprising-written-parliamentary-question-on-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/labour-mp-mocked-for-surprising-written-parliamentary-question-on-pensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour MP mocked for surprising written parliamentary question on pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Justin-Madders-5042098.jpg?r=1698766251379\"><\/p>\n<p>A Labour MP has been mocked for a &#8220;surprising&#8221; written parliamentary question on pensions.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Madders, who represents Ellesmere Port and Neston, tabled a question to the Work and Pensions Department on how many people claiming Pension Credit were born after April 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But you must be aged at least 66 in order to be eligible for the benefit and those born after April 2016 would be seven years old or younger.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Madders&#8217; question prompted mocking from Conservative MPs on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: &#8220;Yet more evidence Labour can\u2019t be trusted on the numbers\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith added: &#8220;Parliamentary questions are an important means by which MPs can hold the Government to account. When used thoughtfully that is&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Griffith finished his post with a crying with laughter emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Tory MP Guy Opperman said: &#8220;All ministers have to answer written parliamentary questions. They take a lot of civil service\/ ministers&#8217; time and expense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am no longer the Minister for Pensions, but&#8230; This is surprising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his written parliamentary question on October 24, Mr Madders said: &#8220;To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Pension Credit were born on or after April 2016.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response, pensions minister Laura Trott pointed out that Pension Credit is &#8220;only available to those of state pension age&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;Therefore the number and proportion of people claiming Pension Credit who were born on or after April 2016, is zero. 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