§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, following the decision of the Government that the present retirement pension alone is insufficient to maintain life at an acceptable standard, and therefore to introduce the State Reserve Pension for those without a satisfactory occupational pension scheme, he will make a statement on Government policy to bridge the poverty gap until the year 2019 when the State Reserve Scheme becomes fully operational.
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§ Sir K. JosephNo one is required to live on the retirement pension alone. I would refer the hon. Member to my speech on the Budget Resolutions on 8th March 1973.—[Vol. 852, c. 603–18.]