HC Deb 19 December 1988 vol 144 c118W
25. Mr. Janman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how pensioners' living standards have changed since the 1970s.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Pensioners' total average net incomes increased in real terms by 23 per cent. during our first seven years in office. Under Labour (1974–79) they increased by just 3 per cent.