§ 13. Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales to discuss the impact on pensioners in Wales of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pre-Budget Statement. [103500]
§ Mr. HansonThe Secretary of State meets the First Secretary regularly, and was pleased to be able to inform him that the Chancellor's pre-Budget Statement guarantees the £100 fuel allowance every year for 585,000 Welsh pensioners, that the 230,000 Welsh pensioners who are over 75 will get free television licences, and that the Minimum Pension Guarantee will be up-rated in line with earnings instead of inflation.