§ 39. Dame Irene Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what overall plan he has to help those living on small fixed incomes.
§ Mr. BarberAs my hon. Friend knows, we are very conscious of the difficulties with which many such people are faced. By far the best way to help them is to safeguard the stability of the economy, and this is what we are doing.
§ Dame Irene WardWill my hon. Friend bear in mind that there was an election pledge? Will he ask his right hon. Friend to give consideration to this during the Recess, possibly setting up a Committee or something like that? Will he also convey to his right hon. Friend that I shall be in hot pursuit when the House resumes after the Recess?
§ Mr. BarberI will certainly convey those observations to my right hon. Friend, and perhaps at the same time I may warn him.