Charles Walker calls on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to raise the threshold at which pensioners start to pay income tax.

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con): I welcome much of what the Secretary of State has said. He is aware that many people with quite small pensions are still paying income tax. Has he considered raising the threshold at which pensioners start to pay income tax?

Mr. Hutton: We have done that already, and those are matters for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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